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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 24 October 2013 02:44:36AM 5 points [-]

Corrections: (1) The astrolabe was around since Hellenistic times, although the spherical astrolabe actually does date from the Middle Ages. (2) It seems likely that the spherical astrolabe was invented with input from "scientists" (natural philosophers).