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Surveying instrument
Surveying instrument invented by the Nuremberg goldsmith Wentzel Jamnitzer in 1575. Consists of a graduated brass disk hinged off-center on a long wooden alidade with brass sights. The disk carries two graduated scales: the double shadow square, engraved along the upper half-circumference of the inner [...]
Creator
- Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Wenzel Jamnitzer
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geometry
Type of item
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
Medium
- yew wood, gilt brass
- brass (alloy)
- yew (wood)
- Brass
Creator
- Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Wentzel Jamnitzer
- Wenzel Jamnitzer
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geometry
Type of item
- Surveying instrument
- surveying instruments
Medium
- yew wood, gilt brass
- brass (alloy)
- yew (wood)
- Brass
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- ca. 1575
- 1575~
- 1575~
- 1575
- 1575
Places
- Nuremberg
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402036
Extent
- length 847 mm, disk diameter 141 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Mattias de' Medici acquisition
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/MattiasMedici.html
Year
- 1575
Providing country
- Italy