page_title: Whipple Museum of the History of Science
hierarchical_section_title: Whipple Museum of the History of Science
caption_attribution_description: English: An 18th Century Persian astrolabe – maker unknown. The points of the curved spikes on the front rete plate, mark the positions of the brightest stars. The name of each star being labeled at the base of each spike. The back plate, or mater is engraved with projected coordinate lines. From the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge. Deutsch: Persisches Astrolabium aus dem 18. Jahrhundert Español: Astrolabio persa del siglo XVIII. فارسی: یک اسطرلاب ایرانی متعلق به سدهٔ ۱۸ میلادی. سازنده نامعلوم است. Français&#160;: Astrolabe persan du XVIII siècle – Auteur inconnu. L'extrémité des pointes recourbées de la plaque avant (ou rete) correspond aux positions des principales étoiles. Le nom de chaque étoile est gravé au pied de chaque pointe. La plaque arrière, ou mater porte les lignes des coordonnées célestes. Whipple Museum, Cambridge, Angleterre. Italiano: Astrolabio persiano del 18° secolo. Museo Whipple di storia della scienza, Cambridge Nederlands: Perzisch astrolabium uit 18e eeuw Lietuvių: XVIII amžiaus Persų astroliabija
context_page_description: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a Museum attached to the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, which houses an extensive collection of scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other material related to the history of science. It is located in the former Perse School on Free School Lane, and was founded in 1944, when Robert Whipple presented his collection of scientific instruments to the University of Cambridge. The Museum's collection is 'designated' by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council as being of "national and international importance".
  The Museum is one of eight museums in the University of Cambridge Museums consortium.
context_section_description: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a Museum attached to the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, which houses an extensive collection of scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other material related to the history of science. It is located in the former Perse School on Free School Lane, and was founded in 1944, when Robert Whipple presented his collection of scientific instruments to the University of Cambridge. The Museum's collection is 'designated' by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) as being of "national and international importance".
  The Museum is one of eight museums in the University of Cambridge Museums consortium.
caption: An 18th-century Persian astrolabe.
  Whipple Museum Collection.
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