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Pantograph
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Instrument for copying drawings on different scales. Consists of four jointed rods forming a parallelogram; the joints can be shifted to obtain the desired reproduction scale. It has a fixed center and two free ends: one carries a dry tip that follows the outline of the original drawing; the other carries a writing tip that traces the copy in enlarged or reduced form.

 
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