before 1000 |
Arabic origin. |
Applet "Quadrans Vetus" The Quadrans Vetus is a portable sundial for all latitudes, indicating the unequal (planetary) hours. |
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Johannes von
Gmunden 1380 – 1442 |
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Georg von
Peuerbach 1423 - 1461 |
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Johannes
Müller (Regiomontanus) 1436 - 1467 |
Applet "Quadratum Horarium Generale" This instrument is a portable sundial for all latitudes. |
Applet "Capuchin Dial" This instrument is a portable sundial for a single latitude. |
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Peter Apian (Petrus Apianus) 1495 - 1552 |
Applet "Apian Card Dial" This instrument is a portable sundial for all latitudes. |
Applet "Apian Card Dial" This instrument is a portable sundial for a single latitude. |
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Edmund Gunter 1581 - 1626 |
Applet
"Gunter's Quadrant"
The Gunter Quadrant was used to tell the time of day and to simplify astronomical calculations for the Sun (altitude, azimuth, declination, right ascension, position of the Sun in the zodiac). |
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Applet "Quadrant Dial" This quadrant is a simple dial for a single latitude. |
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Applet "Planet Clock" This applet is computing the planetary (unequal) hours, and many more data by modern astronomical algorithms. |