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Proportional compasses
Flat-legged proportional compasses made by Jacques Canivet. The front sides of the legs are engraved with the polygon scale and arithmetical scale. The back carries the scale of chords and the metal scale.
Creator
- Jacques Canivet
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
- Jacques Canivet
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)
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 18th cent.
- 17XX
- 1800
- 1701
Places
- Paris
- Paris
- Île-de-France
- France
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402075
Extent
- length 143 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/JacquesCanivet.html
Year
- 1701
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy