Beautiful 19th century Italian Surveyors compass signed “Verno fece Milano 1811”
€ 650
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Beautiful 19th century Italian Surveyors compass signed “Verno fece Milano 1811” I was not able to find information about this Italian maker.This kind of compass is part of the instrument called : “Pretorian table after one of its presumed inventors, Johannes Praetorius (1537-1616). Composed of a horizontal table mounted on a tripod and fitted with a compass, shadow square, scale of degrees, and alidade. The user could plot the position angles of the sighted locations directly onto a sheet of paper and thus obtain an instant planimetric representation of the surface to be surveyed”. (http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100400)Beautiful italian work this compass is in very good and collectable conditions, Diam. 14 cm , length 40,5 cmFEEL FREE TO ASK FOR FURTHER PHOTOS AND DETAILS
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Eppursimuove
Eppursimuove
Eppursimuove is located in the northwest of Italy. I deal with antique scientific instruments and their history. This passion has turned into a profession that leads me every day in search of ancient instruments that helped us to observe, measure, explore and know the sky and the earth. They still amaze and make us wonder, as they did for their original makers and users. For this reason they must be preserved and collected. Please feel free contact me if you need more information on listed items. Thanks.
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