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No, according to her biographer it was invented before she was born.
They knew that she knew how to make one.
Although Hypatia could make hydrometers & astrolabes, she was not the one who invented them.
It was invented by the Greeks
an astrolabe
No, according to her biographer it was invented before she was born.
They knew that she knew how to make one.
Although Hypatia could make hydrometers & astrolabes, she was not the one who invented them.
It was invented by the Greeks
it was invented around 200BC by Hipparchus
Jean Fusoris of France
an astrolabe
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A possible reason the astrolabe was invented was as a means to help predict the positions of the sun and stars for Astrology, which was thought to govern the lives of men.
Yes it was
The astrolabe was invented sometime in the first or second century BC.
They used the astrolabe and compass. The astrolabe was invented by Muslims, and the compass by the Chinese.