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cosmolabe (ˈkɒzməʊleɪb) [a. F. cosmolabe: cf. cosmo- and astrolabe.] An ancient instrument resembling the astrolabe.1574 Eden Taisnier's Navig. Ded. (in Arb. p. xlvii/1), Of this instrument reade the Cosmolabe of Besson [L'Usage et Pratique du Cosmolabe 1567]. 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Cosmolabe, an a...
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Cosmolabe
The cosmolabe was an ancient astronomical instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies. Jacques Besson also uses this name, or universal instrument, for his invention described in Le cosmolabe (1567), which could be used for astrometry, cartography
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Cosmolabe Rock
Cosmolabe Rock (, ) is the rock off the NW coast of northwest coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 120 m in southeast–northwest (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
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pantacosm
ˈpantacosm [Erroneous form for pantocosm, f. panto- + Gr. κόσµος world.] Another name of the instrument called cosmolabe.1864 in Webster; and in later Dicts.
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Jacques Besson
By 1565 he was back in Paris, where in 1567 he published his second treatise, Le Cosmolabe, which described an elaborate instrument based on the astrolabe Le Cosmolabe also introduced a number of mechanical inventions that he hoped to describe in more detail in a future work.
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Besson Rock
The feature is named after Jacques Besson (ca 1540–1573), a French inventor and mathematician who created the cosmolabe, an instrument to be used for navigation
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Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica (C)
Glacier, Smith Island
Churicheni Island, Robert Island
Chuypetlovo Knoll, Foyn Coast
Clio Bay, Lavoisier Island
Coburg Peak, Trinity Peninsula
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