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Proportional compasses
Like the compasses designed by Thomas Hood, these proportional compasses are fitted with a semicircular sector bearing the degree scale, the shadow square, and other measurement scales. Made by Jost Miller, about whom we have no information. Provenance: Medici collections.
Creator
- Jost Miller
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Proportional compasses
- Mathematical instrument
- Military instrument
- proportional compasses
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Creator
- Jost Miller
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mathematics
- mathematics
- Geometry
Type of item
- Proportional compasses
- Mathematical instrument
- 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
- 1616
- 1616
- 1616
- 1616
- 1616
Places
- Strasbourg
- Strasbourg
- France
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402037
Extent
- length 360 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ThomasHood.html
Year
- 1616
Providing country
- Italy