UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT?

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UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT?

Can anyone tell me what this is?

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I'm trying to rename the elements in a kit called Final Frontier by My Dreams Fulfilled, but I haven't got a clue what this is! The kit is about Space / Astronomy, so if you know what it is, please let me know! Thanks!

I googled it and found it on a Russian site... it's an astrolab ... here's the translation for you

Astrolabe (from the Greek words "άστρου" - star and "λαβή" - capture, seizure) - one of the oldest astronomical instruments, which appeared in ancient Greece. The inverse image of the astrolabe, apparently created by Hipparchus and K.Ptolemey built and described "astrolabon" - a tool for determining an angular position of the stars. Astrolabes used by astronomers and mathematicians, explorers and travelers, architects and builders. Subsequently, the tool has been improved by the Arabs. As is known to us as the astrolabe was formed in the East to the IX - XI centuries. and at the same time there received the most widespread. In the XI century. devices appear in Spain, and later in other Western European countries. Initially, there used Arabic instruments; later they began to produce the Arab samples in European shops. In the East, the tools were kept in small cases, and were part of a traveling suit of ordinary people, the astrolabe in Europe from the beginning considered expensive instruments produced only for the elite. The required accuracy of the line drawing of complex configuration, the difficulty of manufacturing and original beauty of these tools have led to their high cost and appeal to the European sovereigns. Their production was started in the royal courts. Becoming the subject of fashion, equipment bought on a par with jewels. In the XVI century. in Europe they were made on the basis of its own calculations for use in European latitudes.

Thank you so much, Susan! I had already googled it, too, and there was another one of the elements in the same kit which looked quite different, but was also called an astrolabe. Thanks for your help!

What a neat looking element! And thanks for the awesome info Susan. I learn something new here every day, thanks to you lovely members! smiley

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