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Antonio Lupicini, Discorso sopra la fabrica e vso delle nuoue verghe astronomiche
Antonio Lupicini, Discorso sopra la fabrica e vso delle nuoue verghe astronomiche

Florence 1582
4°, pp. 56 (53 + 3 n.n.), ill.; 22,1x16 cm
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, MED 1209, p. 8

The treatise describes the operations of an instrument designed by Lupicini. The "astronomical staffs" could be used as a level, a gunner’s square, a quadrant, a folding square, and for surveying. The plate on display illustrates all the components of the instrument.