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sextant

astronomical device

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Image: Tycho instrument sextant 16.jpg

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Jamshīd al-Kāshī

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Astronomical instruments History of astronomy Iranian inventions Measuring instruments Obsolete scientific instruments

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astronomy in medieval Islam

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Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī

Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

artificial satellite

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