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Sector, 6 1/2"; brass; engraved "Canivet a paris"
Brass French sector by Canivet, Paris, 1751-1774. French sectors are less complicated than English sectors. They are also used for calculations involving proportions of length, area and volume.The lines radiate from the centre of the hinge.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1917-94
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): 4 mm x 173 mm x 30 mm, 0.156 kg
- type:
- sector
- credit:
- Thomas H. Court
