rsi generis instrumentaconfeci. This is from an account of tbe Observatory written by Verbiest himself, and printed atPeking in 1668 (Liber Organicus Astrcnomice Europeea. apud Sinas Restitutes, etc.). My friendMr. D. Hanbury made the extract from a copy of this rare book in the London Institution… … ■*. ^ u Chap. XXXIII. THE ASTROLOGERS OF CAMBALUC 451 printed in 1165-1174. It contains a representation of an armillary sphere, whichappears to me to be much the same as the sphere in question. There is a solidhorizon fixed to a graduated outer circle. Inside the latter is a meridian circle,…
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