Planispheric Compasses

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Inventor

Guidobaldo del Monte (1545-1607)


Historic Period

1579


Description

Instrument designed by Guidobaldo del Monte to facilitate drawing the curves in universal planispheres. Formed of two hinged arms fixed to a rectilinear base, the instrument could be used to trace any arc of a circumference passing through three given points


Bibliographical Resources

Dal Monte, Guidobaldo, Guidiubaldi e Marchionibus Montis Planisphaeriorum universalium theorica, Pisauri, apud Hieronymum Concordiam, 1579.



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Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota

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