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Military compass
Military compass consisting of two flat, graduated legs with markings in French. The front sides of the legs display a scale divided into equal parts; the values of gun calibers and the corresponding values of shot diameters are shown on the back. Possible provenance: Medici collections.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Proportional compasses
- Military instrument
- proportional compasses
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Proportional compasses
- Military instrument
- proportional compasses
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
- 18th cent.
- 17XX
- 1800
- 1701
Places
- French
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401116
Extent
- length 170 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/Caliper.html
Year
- 1701
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy