Definition:Astrolabe/Historical Note

Historical Note on Astrolabe
The astrolabe dates to the time of, although some sources credit it invention to.

wrote a detailed treatise on the astrolabe.

It is supposed that may have used an astrolabe to provide the data for his.

Some authors attribute the invention of the astrolabe to, based on a misinterpretation of a letter written by one of her students, but it is well established that it had been invented some $500$ years earlier.

Use of the astrolabe was adopted by the medieval Arab world, where its design was made considerably more sophisticated and intricate.