Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver
dc.contributor.author | Zotti, Georg | en_US |
dc.contributor.editor | David B. Arnold and Andrej Ferko | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-14T12:20:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-14T12:20:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The astrolabe, an analog computing device, used to be the iconic instrument of astronomers during the Middle Ages. It allowed a multitude of operations of practical astronomy which were otherwise cumbersome to perform in an epoch when mathematics had apparently almost been forgotten. Usually made from wood or sheet metal, a few hundred instruments, mostly from brass, survived until today and are valuable museum showpieces. This paper explains a procedural modelling approach for the construction of the classical kinds of astrolabes, which allows a wide variety of applications from plain explanatory illustrations to 3D models, and even the production of working physical astrolabes usable for public or classroom demonstrations. | en_US |
dc.description.sectionheaders | CH2 - Cultural Heritage II | en_US |
dc.description.seriesinformation | EG Cultural Heritage Papers | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2312/egch.20071006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pages | 41-48 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.2312/egch.20071006 | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Eurographics Association | en_US |
dc.title | Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver | en_US |
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