The Tycho armillary sphere isn’t cutting-edge science in 2020, but it isn’t meant to be. By studying the sphere and the measurements it provides, Donahue says in the statement, ...

The Sloane astrolabe (circa 1300) was a scientific tool used in the medieval period to measure the locations of celestial bodies, identify stars and other bodies, and even tell time.

The armillary was damaged in 2004 when it was hit by a drunk driver, but it has since been repaired. If the Armillary Sphere appears rather mystical or arcane, you won’t be surprised to know ...

It sure looks like an armillary sphere, an ancient device that can be used to tell time and model other celestial events. It was created in 1987 by Miley Tucker-Frost , who at the time used the ...

The British Museum has a collection of several armillary sphere rings that are incredibly well-crafted and detailed. When closed, they look like any other ring, but as the different bands are ...

This is an armillary sphere ring which usually represents a model of objects in the sky, centered on the Earth or the Sun. Initially, these were only models and were used by astrologers to study ...

Copernican armillary sphere from set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe constructed in paper on pasteboard with metal fitments supported on a decorative mahogany baluster base. Shows ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ptolemy is usually associated with the earliest armillary spheres. These are the instruments which map out paths ...

LJUBLJANA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A full-scale replica of the armillary sphere with rotating rings created by Augustin Ferdinand Hallerstein, or Liu Songling by his Chinese name, in the 18th century ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...