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Quadrant, an ancient tool. Islamic astronomers greatly improved the quadrant before introducing it to Europe centuries later. The quadrant was an...

Quadrant, an ancient tool.

This Islamic horary quadrant was made by Muhammad Abd al-Hadi-Safadi in Persia . Made of wood, it has hand-drawn painted scales and inscriptions as...

Wooden horary quadrant, Persian, 1727-1728.

This Islamic horary quadrant was made by Mustafa Ayyubi in the Middle East. Made of wood, the quadrant has hand drawn painted scales and...

Wooden horary quadrant, Arabian, 1730-31.

Made of brass, this horary quadrant has engraved scales to a design conceived by the English mathematician Edmund Gunter in 1623. The horary quadrant...

Gunters Quadrant, 1623-1700.

Made of brass, this horary quadrant has engraved scales to a design conceived by the English mathematician Edmund Gunter in 1623. The horary quadrant...

Gunters Quadrant, 1623-1700.

February 2018, Germany, Stuttgart: Scientist Robert Wegener of the 'Juelich Research Centre' monitors the readings of an air measurement scanner in a...

Scientists research the pollution of city air

The Italian team of Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, and Cristian Zorzi receive the Gold medal with the German team of...

4x10km Relay Final - Mens Cross Country Skiing

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Octant | Antique Scientific Laboratory Equipment Illustrations

Quadrants were used for calculating the position of a ship at sea. This example was made by Spencer, Browning and Rust of London.

Quadrant, c 1820.

Quadrants were used for calculating the position of a ship at sea. This example was made by Spencer, Browning and Rust of London.

Quadrant, c 1820.

An Islamic astronomer using a quadrant to measure the altitude.

An Islamic astronomer using a quadrant to measure the altitude.

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Landtag Nordrhein Congress hall

Initial letter depicting an astronomer observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

Initial letter depicting an astronomer observing the sky.

Woodcut engraving depicting a cannon with a quadrant fitted with a shadow scale and plumb bob, being adjusted in elevation. Dated 17th century.

A cannon with a quadrant.

Woodcut engraving depicting gunners calculating the elevation of a piece of artillery using a clinometer and a quadrant marked with shadow-scales....

Gunners using a clinometer and a quadrant.

astronomical clock and church of our lady of tyn in prague, (czech republic) - quadrant instrument of measurement stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Astronomical clock and Church of Our Lady of Tyn in Prague, (Czech Republic)

Febuary 2018, Germany, Stuttgart: The scientist Abdul Samad of the University of Stuttgart driving a bicycle with an air measurement device across...

Scientists study pollution of city air

February 2018, Germany, Stuttgart: Scientist Abdul Samad of Stuttgart University rides on a bicycles euquipped with an air measurement on the...

Scientists research the pollution of city air

February 2018, Germany, Stuttgart: Scientist Robert Wegener of the 'Juelich Research Centre' monitors the readings of an air measurement scanner in a...

Scientists research the pollution of city air

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements. Dated 18th Century.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements. Dated 18th Century.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements. Dated 18th Century.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements.

Illustration depicting a Surveyor's Quadrant. Dated 18th Century.

A Surveyor's Quadrant.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements. Dated 18th Century.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements. Dated 18th Century.

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements.

Illumination depicting an Astronomer observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

Wood engraving depicting an astronomer observing the Moon and stars using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

The upper quadrant with the signs of the zodiac and the lower one with the calendar, astronomical clock on the town hall, Stare Mesto square ,...

Astronomical clock of the town hall, Prague

The upper quadrant with the signs of the zodiac and the lower one with the calendar, astronomical clock of the town hall, square Stare Mesto ,...

Astronomical clock of the town hall, Prague

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century.

An astronomical quadrant.

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century.

An astronomical quadrant.

Woodcut print depicting a collection of various astronomy tools. Dated 18th Century.

A collection of various astronomy tools.

An initial letter depicting Ptolemy observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Ptolemy a Greek writer, mathematician, astronomer,...

An initial letter depicting Ptolemy observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant.

Diagram of a large metal quadrant sunk into the ground and with a protective wind shield, which was designed and used by Tycho Brahe. Tycho Brahe a...

Diagram of a large metal quadrant.

The coronation coach of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth passing through Admiralty Arch, London, England on the day of their coronation in 1936....

The coronation coach of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth passing through Admiralty Arch, London, England on the day of their coronation in 1936

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, King Ordono I.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, King Ordono I

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain King Ordono II.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain King Ordono II

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, Alonso V King of Leon.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, Alonso V King of Leon

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, King Ramiro I of Aragon.

Statues of Spanish monarchs, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain, King Ramiro I of Aragon

Catalogue of optical, philosophical and mathematical instruments made and sold by Henry Pyefinch whose premises were to be found at the sign of the...

Catalogue of Henry Pyefinch, instrument maker, c 1800s.

John Bennett was royal instrument maker to the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland. By the 1780s, his business, based at the Globe at Crown Court,...

Trade card of John Bennett, Crown Court, London, 18th century.

Circular slide rule, made by John Brown, with two brass radial arms and an stronomical quadrant engraved on the back. A spiral slide rule affords a...

Circular slide rule, 1660-1680.

Circular slide rule, made by John Brown, with two brass radial arms and an stronomical quadrant engraved on the back. A spiral slide rule affords a...

Circular slide rule, 1660-1680.

Pierre Curie married Marie Curie in 1895, when he was already an internationally recognised physicist. With his brother Jacques, in the 1880s, he...

Quadrant electrometer built by Pierre Curie, 1880-1890.

Pierre Curie married Marie Curie in 1895, when he was already an internationally recognised physicist. With his brother Jacques, in the 1880s, he...

Quadrant electrometer built by Pierre Curie, 1880s.

Quadrant electrometer designed by William Henley and made by Adams. An electrometer is an instrument for measuring electrical potential without...

Henleys electrometer, c 1770.

Lithograph from an original painting. In 1716, Hadley became a Fellow of the Royal Society and was appointed vice-president in 1728. In 1721, he...

John Hadley, optical instrument maker, 1728.

Observers using a quadrant and telescope during John Flamsteed�s time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, . From an early bromide print in...

Using a telescope in the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, 1680.

Engraving from �Mathematischer Atlas� by Tobias Mayer published in Augsburg in 1745. Each plate has descriptive text on either side; some have...

Astronomical observations and tables explained, 1745.

Print showing a diagram of a horary quadrant, an astronomical instrument that can be used to determine the time from the position of the Sun and...

Quadrant from �Margarita Philosophica�, London, 1535.

Print showing a diagram of a horary quadrant, an astronomical instrument that can be used to determine the time from the position of the Sun and...

Quadrant from �Margarita Philosophica�, London, 1535.

Print of a diagram showing the way a backstaff or Davis quadrant, a navigational instrument, is used to measure the elevation of the Sun. Measured at...

Backstaff from �Seaman�s Secrets�, London, 1607.

Print of a diagram showing the way a backstaff or Davis quadrant, a navigational instrument, is used to measure the elevation of the Sun. Measured at...

Backstaff from �Seaman�s Secrets�, London, 1607.

Print of 'Borda's Repeating circle', an instrument used for astronomical measurement and large-scale surveying work. The engraving, taken from 'Rees...

Borda�s repeating circle without reflection, 1820.

Print of 'Troughton's Repeating circle' with diagram, an instrument used for astronomical measurement and large-scale surveying work. The engraving,...

Troughton�s repeating circle without reflection, 1820.

This unsigned Islamic horary quadrant was made in Persia . Made of wood, it has hand-drawn painted scales and inscriptions and was used for finding...

Wooden horary quadrant, Persian, 18th century.