Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion

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Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion
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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

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Brass reduction compass for setting out lines in proportion

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