Eclimeter for Fortifications

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From the Greek ekklino (deviate, decline) and metron (measure). Name currently used for instruments designed to measure zenith angles.

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Inventor

Jacopo Castriotto


Historic Period

mid 16th C.


Description

Eclimeter invented by the military engineer Jacopo Castriotto to measure the scarp-gradients of walls. The instrument is described by Daniele Barbaro, who transcribes a text by Castriotto himself in which he says that the instrument was fabricated in Paris for King Henry III.


Bibliographical Resources

Barbaro, Daniele. La pratica della perspettiva di monsignor Daniel Barbaro ... : opera molto vtile a pittori, a scultori & ad architetti : con due tauole, vna de' capitoli principali, l'altra delle cose più notabili contenute nella presente opera, in Venetia, appresso Camillo & Rutilio Borgominieri fratelli ..., 1569, parte IX, pp. 194-195.



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Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota

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