Thank you to everyone for their suggestions and comments about
astrolabe merchants.
You might be interested to know that Arthur Middleton of Covent
Garden was most helpful. He can supply a limited edition replica
mariners astrolabe (http://www.antique-globes.com/H/81.html), but
our retiring member of staff will have to prove very popular if we're
going to raise the necessary £800 + VAT!
In the course of my investigations I did find a very good image
library at the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford
(http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/images/index.htm) - worth a look if
anyone is interested in such things.
David
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David Sherren
Head, Portland Learning Resources Centre
University of Portsmouth
Faculty of the Environment
Portland Building
Portland Street
PORTSMOUTH
PO1 3AH
England
Tel: +44 (0)23 9284 2476
Fax: +44 (0)23 9284 2654
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Have you seen the new Portland LRC Web pages?
www.envf.port.ac.uk/plrc/index.htm
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