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Quadrant
Mariner's quadrant signed by Bernardo Facini. The front carries a large circle with a sine quadrant or reduction quadrant. The circle is centered on two perpendicular axes indicating the four cardinal points. An arc concentric with the sine quadrant displays a crescent-shaped degree scale. On the [...]
Creator
- Bernardo Facini
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geography
- geography
Type of item
- Quadrant
- Mathematical instrument
- Nautical instrument
- quadrants (measuring devices)
- Navigationsinstrument
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
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
- 1701
- 1701
- 1701
- 1701
- 1701
Places
- Venice
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:403064
Extent
- 368x374 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/BernardoFacini.html
Year
- 1701
Providing country
- Italy