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Compasses (Mathematical instruments)

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  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.
  • Three figures of the muscles of the foot, showing the sole of the foot progressively dissected.
  • Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.
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Catalogue

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    A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

    | Date: 1 July 1786 | Reference: 25991i
    • Pictures

    A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

    Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583. | Reference: 25882i
    • Books

    La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.

    Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. | Date: 1640
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    A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

    Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583. | Date: 1560 | Reference: 25881i
    • Pictures

    Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

    | Date: 1788 | Reference: 27184i
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