Photograph of an illustration of the Duc de Chaulnes' linear dividing machine

Photograph of an illustration of the Duc de Chaulnes' linear dividing machine, 1768

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Category:: Industrial Metrology

Object Number:: 1955-199

type:: dividing engine

credit:: Science Museum Photographer

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Photograph of an illustration of the Duc de Chaulnes' linear dividing machine

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