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In-depth: Contrate wheel
Verge-escapement wheel with saw-teeth set at right angles to its plane. Meshes with the verge pallets. Commonly described as a Catherine wheel in the seventeenth century, a reference to the medieval iconography of the martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, in which the instrument of torture is [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Issue date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:indepth:100469
Format
- text/image
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/JapaneseWatch.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy