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Magnetic compass
Finely crafted magnetic compass complete with lid. Rotates on a graduated disk and displays a windrose. The straight base was probably attached to a rod that, when placed against the wall of a building, served to determine the wall's orientation relative to the magnetic north. Brought to Florence [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geometry
Type of item
- Magnetic compass
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
- compasses (direction indicators)
Medium
- gilt brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geometry
Type of item
- Magnetic compass
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
- compasses (direction indicators)
Medium
- gilt 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
- 16th cent.
- 15XX
- 1600
- 1581
Places
- German
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402014
Extent
- diameter 65 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Mattias de' Medici acquisition
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/MattiasMedici.html
Year
- 1600
- 1581
Providing country
- Italy