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Surveying compass
Flat-legged surveying compass signed by Humphrey Cole. There are a degree scale (up to 180°), folding sights, and scales for measuring land plots and timber. The degree scale serves to measure position angles in surveying. The legs also fold out to 180°, enabling the instrument to be used as a ruler [...]
Creator
- Humfrey Cole
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Surveying compass
- Mathematical instrument
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
- surveyors' compasses
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Creator
- Humfrey Cole
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Surveying compass
- Mathematical instrument
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
- surveyors' 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
- 1575
- 1575
- 1575
- 1575
- 1575
Places
- London
- London
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402063
Extent
- length 350 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Dudley collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/HumphreyCole.html
Year
- 1575
Providing country
- Italy