2.Finally,the tall, imposing figure sighed deeply and placed the astrolabe on a table that was no longer there, andvanished.
最后,这个高大的、引注目的身影松了口气,把星盘放到一张早已不存在的桌子上,消失了。
3.Sophisticated instruments which were to make possible the European voyages of discovery, such as the astrolabe , the quadrant, and good navigational maps, were also developed by Muslims.