Compasses without Center
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Inventor
Fabrizio Mordente
Historic Period
ca. 1570
Description
Compass for drawing large circles described by Giacomo Contarini as an invention of Fabrizio Mordente. The instrument is composed of four orthogonal rules, three of them fixed and one mobile. The user first drew a circle with an ordinary compass, then adjusted the instrument so that the points of the fixed lateral rules and the central mobile one all rested on the same circumference. He then slid the compass along the circumference so that the point opposite the central ruler could trace a circle of larger radius, repeating this operation as many times as necessary.
Bibliographical Resources
Contarini,Giacomo, Figure d'Istromenti Matematici e loro uso, ms, ca. 1590, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Canon. Ital. 145.
Images
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Giacomo Contarini,Figure d'Istromenti Matematici, ms, ca. 1590, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Canon. Ital. 145, c. 21, compasso senza centro di Fabrizio Mordente. |
Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota
