Proportional compass

Made:: 1600-1699

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Proportional compass, gilt brass with burnished iron points
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Proportional compass, gilt brass with burnished iron points, 17th century in the style of Jost Burgi

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1988-316

type:: proportional compass

credit:: Christie's South Kensington Limited

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Proportional compass

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