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Gunner's quadrant
This gunner's quadrant is composed of two flat legs of different lengths, joined at a right angle and connected by a graduated arc. Thanks to a plumb line suspended from a hole in the corner, the arc enabled the gunner (1) to determine the ratio of the calibers of the iron and bronze shot to the [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geometry
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401089
Extent
- length 330 mm (lower side 130 mm), arc radius 75 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/NiccoloTartaglia.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy