Home›Articles›Who invented the astrolabe: Hypatia, Ptolemy and the first treatisesArticleWho invented the astrolabe: Hypatia, Ptolemy and the first treatisesArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnAstrolabe, Inventions Well-attested SourcesAstrolabe (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaHistory, Ancient eraQuote, History, Ancient erawhich mentions that Hypatia had taught him how to construct a plane astrolabe, but does not say that she invented it.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.