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Bernardo Puccini, Trattato di uno strumento per levare di pianta e misurare le altezze
Bernardo Puccini, Trattato di uno strumento per levare di pianta e misurare le altezze

1570-1571
Paper codex; ff. 39 r-v; 14,5x22 cm
Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II._.282
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In this short treatise Puccini teaches how to make and use a mathematical instrument, called "gnomon", conceived for measuring distances, heights and depths, surveying buildings from a distance, and drawing in perspective. The plate on display illustrates the perspective operation.