Protractor
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[http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/Protractor_n02.html Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 613.]<br /> | [http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/Protractor_n02.html Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 613.]<br /> | ||
[http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=402080 Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 1126, 612.] | [http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=402080 Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 1126, 612.] | ||
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| + | - Musée des arts et métiers, Paris<br> | ||
| + | [http://cugnot.cnam.fr:8000/SEARCH/BASIS/COLLEC/INTERNET/objet/DDW?W%3DDESIG+PH+WORDS+%27Goniometre%27+ORDER+BY+DESIG/Ascend%26M%3D2%26K%3D2245%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 21729-0001-] <br /> | ||
| + | [http://cugnot.cnam.fr:8000/SEARCH/BASIS/COLLEC/INTERNET/objet/DDW?W%3DDESIG+PH+WORDS+%27Goniometre%27+ORDER+BY+DESIG/Ascend%26M%3D3%26K%3D2246%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 21730-0000-] <br /> | ||
| + | [http://cugnot.cnam.fr:8000/SEARCH/BASIS/COLLEC/INTERNET/objet/DDW?W%3DDESIG+PH+WORDS+%27Goniometre%27+ORDER+BY+DESIG/Ascend%26M%3D4%26K%3D27442%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 02888-0000-] <br /> | ||
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| + | - The Science Museum, Londra<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?s=S1&ObjectID={5B360CFF-E81D-9962-CB0B-17293CE3B67E}&source=Search&target=SeeMedium The Science museum, inv. 1915-388]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeMedium&ObjectID={053349A4-3050-CE37-5644-60E3D9F97689}&s=S1&SearchString=Protractor&source=Search&viewby=images&cntRead=0&cntDebate=0&cntDCBooks=0&cntDCImages=7& The Science museum, "Lusuerg protractor, 1701"]<br> | ||
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| + | - Museum of the History of Science, Oxford <br> | ||
| + | [http://emu.mhs.ox.ac.uk/Display.php?irn=2789&QueryPage=%2FAdvQuery.php Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 54238]<br> | ||
| + | [http://emu.mhs.ox.ac.uk/Display.php?irn=7407&QueryPage=%2FAdvQuery.php Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 17159]<br> | ||
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| + | http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9AUtOs96s&feature=related (a video on the invention of the protractor in English) | ||
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Revision as of 07:23, 8 September 2010
Name currently in use, deriving from the Greek gonia (angle) and metron (measure).
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Description
Generic name for instruments used to divide circles and measure plane angles. They can be circular, semicircular or rectangular. To increase its accuracy, the protractor was often inserted in a nonius, a device for enhancing the precision of the measurements made by a direct readout on a graduated scale. The instrument often came with other accessories, such as folding metal arms and plumb bobs. A singular variant for the layouts of fortresses is described by Giacomo Contarini as one of Fabrizio Mordente's inventions.
Bibliographical Resources
Contarini, Giacomo. Figure d'Istromenti Matematici e loro uso, ms, ca. 1590, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Canon. Ital. 145, c. 23.
Existing Instruments
- Museo Galileo, Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 613.
Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, inv. 1126, 612.
- Musée des arts et métiers, Paris
Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 21729-0001-
Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 21730-0000-
Paris, Musée des arts et metiers, inv. 02888-0000-
- The Science Museum, Londra
The Science museum, inv. 1915-388
The Science museum, "Lusuerg protractor, 1701"
- Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 54238
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. 17159
Links (External)
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9AUtOs96s&feature=related (a video on the invention of the protractor in English)
Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota
