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Surveyor's Folding Rule, Italian, c. 1650

Inventory Number 45725


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45725

Subject
Surveying
Item type
Object
Physical material
Brass and steel
Inventory No
45725

Description

Flat arms with steel points, the joint incorporating a semicircular plate carried above the arms with degree and gunnery scales and a shadow square beneath. Scales on both faces of each arm, with sliding cursors that incorporate sights. Unsigned.