Jacob's staff

Summary

Jacob's staff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Jacob's staff is credited with the discovery of Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon^[2].
• Jacob's staff is credited with the discovery of Gersonides^[3].
• Jacob is named after Jacob's staff^[4].
• Jacob's staff is a type of navigational instrument^[5].
• Jacob's staff is a type of measuring instrument^[6].
• Jacob's staff is a type of astronomical instrument^[7].
• Jacob's staff's Commons category is recorded as Jacob's staff^[8].
• Jacob's staff's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1350^[9].
• Jacob's staff's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1342^[10].
• Jacob's staff's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Jacob's staff's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Jacob's staff's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[13].
• Jacob's staff's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[14].
• Jacob's staff's used by is recorded as astronomy^[15].
• Jacob's staff's used by is recorded as orientation^[16].
• Jacob's staff's used by is recorded as navigation^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include navigational instrument^[5], measuring instrument^[6], and astronomical instrument^[7].

Origins

Jacob is named after Jacob's staff^[4].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include astronomy^[15], orientation^[16], and navigation^[17].

Why It Matters

Jacob's staff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]