artefact Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/artefact/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:06:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Dondi’s Astrarium https://mechtraveller.com/2024/08/dondis-astrarium/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/08/dondis-astrarium/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:02:59 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10010 Dondi’s Astrarium is considered to be the very first mechanical planetary clock. It was designed in Italy at the end of the 14th century by Giovanni Dondi (1330-1388) who created this large brass mechanism, roughly a metre tall, to automate the complex calculations necessary to create horoscopes. During the Renaissance, horoscopes and their interpretation were […]

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