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<p class="Normal-H" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;">17th cent. <br/>Brass; length 22 cm<br/>Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, inv. 654</p>
<p class="Normal-H" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;">This plumb level was for levelling operations, especially in building construction. Provenance: Vincenzo Viviani bequest.</p>
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