Linear scale and folding square with quadrant arc
- Made:
- 1757 in Prague and Czech Republic
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Linear scale engraved "Biswanger Prag" and folding square with quadrant arc, brass, as found in mine surveyor's kits, in fitted wooden box inscribed "GH 1757", with pencil, B1729, R5161
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1989-621
- Materials:
- brass
- type:
- drawing instruments, scales (rules) and folding set squares
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
