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Preferred term

Volvelles  

Definition

  • Any of various reckoning devices consisting of movable discs surmounted by or carrying other graduated or figured circles for calculating, for example, phases of the moon, times of sunrise or sunset, tides [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • VOLVELLAE
  • VOLVELLS

Notation

  • 117290

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SHNC842M-X

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