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Surveying compasses

17th cent.
Brass; length 30 cm
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, inv. 1280

In addition to measuring position angles in surveying work, the instrument could be used as a set of proportional compasses. Provenance: Vincenzo Viviani bequest.