16th Century compact tool for calculation

A 16th-century German ring that turns into an astronomical sphere . Astronomers in the 16th and 19th centuries wore rings that unfolded to become tools for calculations. The rings looked like ordinary finger rings, but were actually armillary spheres.

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Oh boy, now that’s interesting!

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I am not a jewelry person but I would love to have this ring. That is very interesting.

Edit… I will probably buy one.

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Yes, as the song says - “Are we not men,we are DEVO”…

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