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Compasso militare
Military compasses

16th cent.
Steel, brass; length 41,5 cm
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, inv. 1277

Compasses in the shape of a dagger for geometric, topographic and military operations. This instrument was part of the private collection of Vincenzo Viviani.