Which outcome resulted in early Islamic observatories when instrument builders selected glass compositions with poor homogeneity?

💡 Explanation

Refraction errors affected observations because the non-uniform glass caused uneven bending of light, a systematic error named instrument *dispersion*, therefore astrolabes produced imprecise stellar positions, rather than improved measurements, given material constraints.

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