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Portable quadrant
This quadrant, which closely resembles item also corresponding to inv. 2513, consists of a thin plate on which are roughly inscribed a few lines radiating from the vertex to the arc. The rim carries several scales. The instrument was used to plot and design dials. Provenance: Medici collections.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Quadrant
- Mathematical instrument
- quadrants (measuring devices)
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Quadrant
- Mathematical instrument
- quadrants (measuring devices)
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
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401081
Extent
- radius 129 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/MediciCollections.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy