Which limitation arose historically when crafting complex astrolabes?

💡 Explanation

Inaccurate graduations limited precision because the **scribing error** accumulated across complex scales. Therefore angular precision suffers, rather than thermal expansion (material science), residual stress (structural integrity), or wear(dynamic failure), all requiring fine manufacturing.

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