Gunner’s Gauge

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|nome= Nome in uso fin dal Rinascimento (in latino "baculus Bombardicus") con riferimento al [[bacolo]].
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Name in use since the Renaissance (in Latin "baculus Bombardicus") with reference to the [[cross-staff]].
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|descrizione= Con la diffusione delle armi da fuoco si registra la messa a punto di speciali regoli o "bacoli" destinati agli artiglieri. Si tratta di sottili bacchette, di legno o di ottone, spesso con custodia, sulle quali si trovano incise varie scale di misura per la preparazione delle artiglierie: divisioni in parti uguali per misurare calibri e profondità delle bocche da fuoco, e scale dei metalli (ferro, piombo, pietra) per calcolare la quantità di polvere da sparo in relazione al materiale delle palle da cannone.
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With the spread of firearms, special rules or cross-staffs designed for gunners were developed. They were slender sticks, made of wood or brass, often with a case, engraved with various scales of measurement for the preparation of artillery: divisions into equal parts for measuring the calibers and depths of cannon mouths, and scales of metals (iron, lead, stone) for calculating the quantity of gunpowder needed for cannonballs made of different materials.  
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Name in use since the Renaissance (in Latin "baculus Bombardicus") with reference to the cross-staff.


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Historic Period

16th C.


Description

With the spread of firearms, special rules or cross-staffs designed for gunners were developed. They were slender sticks, made of wood or brass, often with a case, engraved with various scales of measurement for the preparation of artillery: divisions into equal parts for measuring the calibers and depths of cannon mouths, and scales of metals (iron, lead, stone) for calculating the quantity of gunpowder needed for cannonballs made of different materials.



Existing Instruments

Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 695.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 699.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 631.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 632.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 620.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 694.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 657.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 658.


Images


Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota

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