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• "Archisesto" (Architectonic Sector)
  …f the special interest of King George III in architecture and mathematical instruments. In Britain the instrument was known as the [[Architectonic Sector |archit… [[Category:Measuring instruments|Archisesto]]
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• Theodolite by Andreas Albrecht
  …ts together, the compass and the altimeter scale, were used in perspective drawing, through a complex procedure of converting linear measurements into angula… …eibung und Abriss eines sonderbaren nutzlich und nohtwendigen mechanischen Instruments: so auff ein Schreibtafel gerichtet welches zum Feldmessen zum Vestung auf…
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• "Spiracolo" (Pinhole)
  |categoria_2= Drawing instruments [[Category:Drawing instruments|Spiracolo]]
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• Vertical Staff
  |categoria_1= Measuring instruments |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Parallel Ruler
  … fratello'' [The compass of Sig. Fabrizio Mordente with other mathematical instruments described by his brother Gasparo], Antwerp 1584) and in the subsequent boo… [http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/BoxForMathematicalInstruments_n02.html Florence, Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of S…
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• Perspectographs by George Adams
  …Cigoli’s perspectograph]], allowed the draughtsman to use direct contour drawing, by simply moving the pencil, in which turn activated the cursor (sight) t… …ny direction. In theoretical terms it would be possible to adopt a contour drawing, but perhaps more practical and accurate would be to use less sophisticate…
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• Radius Astronomicus
  …l applications but in Chapter XIII he also mentions its use in perspective drawing: "Nonetheless, I will not discuss how some painter, standing at an elevate… |categoria_1= Measuring instruments
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• Surveying Instrument by Baldassarre Lanci
  … Baldassarre Lanci, formerly part of the Medicean collection of scientific instruments and now at the Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze. It is a brass dis… …ia militare alla corte dei Medici", in "Musa musaei: studies on scientific instruments and collections in honour of Mara Miniati". A cura di Marco Beretta, Paolo…
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• Horizon
  …enithal projection), the polar coordinates are transferred onto a sheet of drawing paper using two goniometers similar to the horizon, placed at the points t… …a manuscript by Giacomo Contarini, who specifies its use "to put things in drawings easily", by transferring measurements taken with the ''bossolo vivo'', th…
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• Perspective Compasses
  …view" whose points were transferred proportionally to a second perspective drawing relevant to another viewing point. A similar compass with five different "… …ians] Girard Desargues describes the method for constructing a perspective drawing with the proportional compass but using only the arithmetic scale, that is…
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• Camera Obscura
  …68), in a chapter illustrating mechanical instruments used for perspective drawing, from Albrecht Dürer’s famous “[[window]]” to the less well-known [… |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Astrolabe
  …d Cosimo Bartoli, this side of the astrolabe also seems to have served for drawing in perspective: ''utilissimum proculdubio architectis, atque his, qui opti… Turner, Anthony. ''Early scientific instruments: Europe 1400-1800''. London, Sotheby, 1987. <br />
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• Large Compasses
  |descrizione= Compass for drawing large circles, known today as the [[Beam Compasses |beam compasses]]. It c… |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Knife
  |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Stylus
  |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Mobile Ruler
  |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Perspectograph by Benjamin Bramer
  |descrizione= Instrument for perspective drawing designed by the German architect Benjamin Bramer, a pupil and brother-in-l… |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Planispheric Compasses
  |descrizione= Instrument designed by Guidobaldo del Monte to facilitate drawing the curves in universal planispheres. Formed of two hinged arms fixed to a… |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Double Square
  |descrizione= T-shaped drawing instrument combining the functions of the [[ruler (1)]] and the [[square]]… |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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• Instrument for Copying Drawings
  …e blank sheet of paper placed on the opposite side. To enlarge or reduce a drawing, it was sufficient to multiply or reduce the measurements. |categoria_2= Drawing instruments
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