Wednesday, June 28, 2017
A room that I found interesting was Copernicus' room in the Jagiellonian University Museum. There were some astromic instruments on display including an astrolabe, which was utilized by astronomers and navigators. Using the astrolabe, the ecliptic latitude and longitude of the stars could be established. I believe there was also different sized gold discs in the room and depending on the latitude it determined which size disc to use for navigation. Just think how frustrating it would be without a GPS.
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I thought it was really cool that you had to know your exact location in order to use the disk device. It was also really amazing that we were able to see some of the supplies that Copernicus himself used.
ReplyDeleteThe post was really good. It always amazes me how accurate the technology is nowadays, and how close he was with the technology he worked with.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was amazing that he could do all of that work without today's technology. By using tools that we would deem old and out of date he made a huge impact on today's science world.
ReplyDeleteMcKenzies Comment: Thinking about how intricate the instruments are and how much schooling you have to get just to use a 'GPS'. It is amazing that so long ago tjey had the knowledge to be able to use amazing tools.
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