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العربية: أسطرلاب فارسيّ صانعه مجهول يعود للقرن الثامن عشر الميلاديّ. النقاط على طرف السبلات المعقوفة بالمُقدِّمة أو الصفيحة الشبكة، تُحددُ موقع أكثر النُجوم بريقًا. وقد ذُكر اسمُ كُلَّ نجمٍ أسفل كُلِّ سبلة. الصفيحة الخلفيَّة، أو الصفيحة الأم حُفرت عليها خُطوط الإحداثيَّات الفلكيَّة. محفوظٌ في متحف ويپل للتاريخ الطبيعي في كامبريدج.
Deutsch: Persisches Astrolabium aus dem 18. Jahrhundert
English: An 18th Century Persian astrolabe – maker unknown. The points of the curved spikes on the front rete plate, mark the positions of the brightest stars. The name of each star being labeled at the base of each spike. The back plate, or mater is engraved with projected coordinate lines. From the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge.
Español: Astrolabio persa del siglo XVIII.
فارسی: یک اسطرلاب ایرانی متعلق به سدهٔ ۱۸ میلادی. سازنده نامعلوم است.
Français : Astrolabe persan du XVIII siècle – Auteur inconnu. L'extrémité des pointes recourbées de la plaque avant (ou rete) correspond aux positions des principales étoiles. Le nom de chaque étoile est gravé au pied de chaque pointe. La plaque arrière, ou mater porte les lignes des coordonnées célestes. Whipple Museum, Cambridge, Angleterre.
Italiano: Astrolabio persiano del 18° secolo. Costruttore sconosciuto. Le estremità delle punte ricurve della piastra frontale (rete) indicano la posizione delle stelle più luminose. Il nome della stella è inciso alla base di ciascuna punta. Sulla piastra posteriore (mater) sono incise le proiezioni delle linee congiungenti le coordinate celesti. Museo Whipple di storia della scienza, Cambridge
Nederlands: Perzisch astrolabium uit 18e eeuw
Lietuvių: XVIII amžiaus Persų astroliabija
Українська: Перська астролябія XVIII століття. Музей історії науки Уіппла в Кембриджському університеті, Велика Британія.
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