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Unknown. Azimuth circle mounted on wooden plate
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Unknown. Azimuth circle mounted on wooden plate
Number
МАЭ № 7733-21. МЛ-2776
Title
Azimuth circle mounted on wooden plate
Date
XVIII в.
Author
Unknown
Material
brass, redwood
Dimensions
33,0 x 28.0; diameter 14.8
Annotation
Azimuth circle, mounted on wooden plate. Cylindrical compass box is in the center of the plate. Scale of the compass is of two layers: 16-point wind rose is on the bottom, grade scale (0-360°) with 1/2° points and 5° numbering is on the lifted ring. Compass has arrester. 2 dioptres are installed on the edges of the plate.
Corpus
History of Science Monuments. 14th-19th centuries. Mikhail Lomonosov Museum
Albums
Mikhail Lomonosov and Russian Science of the 18th Century