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Wooden compass box with rosewood veneer circa 1870s
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Box of compasses wood with rosewood veneer from the second mid-19th century, complete with key. In the center of the lid a rhombus-shaped brass medallion is engraved with the name of the owner Infernet. Inside the box are housed the various brass and marine ivory instruments: reduction compass, fixed-point compass, various steel and brass tiralinee with marine ivory handles, balusters, marine ivory ruler, brass and steel caliper, compass, etc., in the compartment below are numerous wooden rulers with various scales. Inside the lid stamped in gold the name of the retailer: Desbordes in Paris Rue St. Pieerre Popincourt 20.
Bon état. Measurements cm 37x25x6 - inches 14.5x9.8x2.4.
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There are tools that are fundamental to all scientists and technicians, whether astronomers, navigators, surveyors, engineers, or architects.
Questi specialisti hanno bisogno di eseguire disegni precisi, spesso in scala, di compiere misurazioni su carte e piante e di fare copie in scala.
Fundamental drawing tools have a long history, dating back to Greek culture, which began to study spatial relationships and the shapes of bodies; geometry therefore is the first science to be rationally organized as a science of figures.
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