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Jacob's staff
This instrument is identical to item inv. 3167 and, like it, is attributed to Christoph Schissler. It is also called Jacob's staff, a reference to its presumed inventor, Jacob ben Machir. The original model consisted of a perpendicular vane sliding on a longer rod. In this version, the vane is [...]
Creator
- Jacob ben Machir Ibn Tibbon [attr.]
- Christoph Schissler [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Cross-staff
- cross-staffs
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 16th cent.
- 1600
- 1581
Places
- German
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402007
Extent
- length 915 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Mattias de' Medici acquisition
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ChristophSchissler.html
Year
- 1600
- 1581
Providing country
- Italy