Man Using Circumferentor 1583 is a photograph by Science Source which was uploaded on March 13th, 2013.
Man Using Circumferentor 1583
Illustration of a man using a circumferentor, or surveyor's compass, a forerunner of the theodolite (a more sophisticated sextant that can measure... more
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Man Using Circumferentor 1583
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Illustration of a man using a circumferentor, or surveyor's compass, a forerunner of the theodolite (a more sophisticated sextant that can measure both a horizontal and a vertical angle through a full 360�), from an illustrated book on cosmography by Jacques de Vaulx (or Devaulx), a pilot of Le Havre, called, "Les Premi�res Euvres de Jacques de Vaulx, pillote en la Marine," 1583.
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March 13th, 2013