Bubble Level
From Inventions
Name currently used to indicate any levelling instrument that makes use of a tube filled with water. Translation of the Latin libra aquaria.
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Description
Instrument of ancient origin for levelling canals and water conduits. Vitruvius mentions it in Book VIII of De architectura as libra aquaria.
Bibliographical Resources
Vitruvio (Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus), De Architectura, a cura di Pierre Gros, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, 2 voll., Lib. VIII, cap. V (vol. II, p. 1137).
Existing Instruments
- Musée des arts et métiers, Paris
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 21235-0036-
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 06693-0001-
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 04136-0000-
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 04594-0000-
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 03844-0000-
Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, inv. 02655-0001-
- Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 16699
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 54389
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 46721
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 48921
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 74567
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 92850
Links (External)
http://web.ct.infn.it/~museo/LIVELLA.HTM (Italian)
http://ishtar.df.unibo.it/mflu/html/applic2.html (Italian)
http://www.isissbuonarroti.it/museo/20.htm (Italian)
http://www.itgalucca.it/aggiornabili/documentazione/Nottolini/museo/schedf16.htm (Italian)
http://www.buildeazy.com/fp_waterlevel.html (English)
Images
 Giacomo Contarini. Figure d'Istromenti Matematici, Oxford, c. 1590, c39. |
Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota
