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II.25 Gunner's level
Maker:Josua Habermel
Place:Prague
Date:late 16th cent.
Materials:silver, brass
Dimensions:height 180 mm
Current inventory:669 (arco), 2539
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Gunner's level made by Josua Habermel. The curved base was set on the breech end of the barrel to measure the gun's elevation. On the level slides a plate carrying a magnetic compass, a graduated circle with an index, and a vertical graduated rod with a cursor index. The center of the graduated rod holds a laterally mounted clinometer. Brought to Florence from Germany by Prince Mattias de' Medici in the first half of the seventeenth century.

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