Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion

Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion

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Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion
Science Museum Group
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Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion, radius 10 inches, in fitted red leather case, B4353, A50982

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Category:
Mathematics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1989-645
type:
drawing instruments, scaling devices and proportional compasses
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust