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English: Plate V to accompany The Treatise on the Astrolabe.


Fig. 10. Diagram of the nine spheres; from MS. Camb. Ii. 3. 3.


Fig. 11. Rough sketch of the position of the 'Rete' in fixing the time of day (first part). Denticle opposite C, and first point of Aries opposite X; 9 a.m.


Fig. 12. Rough sketch of the position of the 'Rete' in fixing the time of day (second part). Denticle near O; first point of Aries near H; 8h. 8m. p.m.


Fig. 13. Diagram of the Elevation of the Pole. The arc AN is 56°; A′N is 48°; A′P is 4°; and PN is 52°. A, A′ are two positions of the Pole-star.
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Source The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. III.
Author Walter W. Skeat

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