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Image number
UIG539927
Image title
Telling time at night using a nocturnal. The hour is obtained by measuring the angular position of the imaginary line joining the 'pointers' in the constellation of the Plough to the Pole Star. From Peter Apian Cosmographia, Antwerp, 1539
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Universal History Archive/UIG / Bridgeman Images
Dimension [pixels] | Dimension in 300dpi [mm] | File size [MB] | Online Purchase | |
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Large | 6000 × 4145 px | 508 × 351 mm | 3.6 MB | |
Medium | 1024 × 708 px | 87 × 60 mm | 342 KB |
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