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The Medici collection of scientific instruments, assembled by Cosimo I, was installed toward the mid-sixteenth century in the Map Room of the Palazzo Vecchio. At the end of the century, Grand Duke Ferdinand I moved the collection to the Uffizi in a purpose-built locale: the Stanzino delle Matematiche, or Small Mathematics Room. The collection expanded considerably between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It was successively placed in the adjoining Camera delle Matematiche, or Mathematics room, which also housed the instruments gathered by Ferdinand I, the ones purchased in Germany by Prince Mathias, and those formerly owned by Sir Robert Dudley. The Medici collection also included globes, telescopes, and optical devices, most of which were stored at the Pitti Palace. In 1775, these substantial holdings were transferred to the Physics and Natural History Museum, located in the Palazzo Torrigiani in Florence. The Physics Museum also received the Galilean relics, which in 1841 were installed in the Tribuna di Galileo designed by the architect Giuseppe Martelli.

Objects
"Archimetro"

"Archimetro"

Inv. 629
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Armed lodestone

Armed lodestone

Inv. 2431
Maker unknown, ca. 1608

Armillary sphere

Armillary sphere

Inv. 1104
Maker unknown, ca. 1575

Armillary sphere

Armillary sphere

Inv. 119
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Armillary sphere

Armillary sphere

Inv. 714
Antonio Santucci, Florence, 1588-1593

Armillary sphere

Armillary sphere

Inv. 2711
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1564

Astrolabe

Astrolabe

Inv. 1094
Gualterus Arsenius [attr.], Flemish, ca. 1570

Astrolabe

Astrolabe

Inv. 1097
Johann Richter (Praetorius), Altdorf, 1591

Astrolabe

Astrolabe

Inv. 3361
Egnazio Danti or Giovanni Battista Giusti [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.

Astrolabe

Astrolabe

Inv. 1103
Gualterus Arsenius, Louvain, 1572

Astronomical clock

Astronomical clock

Inv. 3370
Caspar Rauber [attr.], German, ca. 1575

Astronomical compendium

Astronomical compendium

Inv. 2478
Maker unknown, German, late 16th cent.

Astronomical ring

Astronomical ring

Inv. 2451
Maker unknown, German?, mid-17th cent.

Astronomical ring

Astronomical ring

Inv. 2452
Maker unknown, mid-17th cent.

Astronomical ring

Astronomical ring

Inv. 2453
Johannes Motter [attr.], Flemish, ca. 1550

Barrois compass

Barrois compass

Inv. 656
Franz Schwartz, Brussels, first half 18th cent.

Binocular telescope

Binocular telescope

Inv. 2563
Chérubin d'Orléans, French, ca. 1675

Bottle

Bottle

Inv. 2067
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Bottle

Bottle

Inv. 3804
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Bowls

Bowls

Inv. 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Box for mathematical instruments

Box for mathematical instruments

Inv. 671
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Box for mathematical instruments

Box for mathematical instruments

Inv. 672
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Box for mining instruments

Box for mining instruments

Inv. 683
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Box of mathematical instruments

Box of mathematical instruments

Inv. 243, 244, 247
Giacomo Lusverg, Domenico Lusverg, Rome, second half 17th cent. - first half 18th cent.

Box of mathematical instruments

Box of mathematical instruments

Inv. 2532, 2541, 2542 (archipenzolo con busto di fanciullo), 2543, 3726
Christoph Schissler, German, late 16th cent.

Box of mining instruments

Box of mining instruments

Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Bucket

Bucket

Inv. 329
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Calculating machine

Calculating machine

Inv. 3179
Maker unknown, Italian?, 17th cent.

Calculating machine

Calculating machine

Inv. 679
Henri Sutton, Samuel Knibb, London, 1664

Caliper compass

Caliper compass

Inv. 652, 3706
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

"Capriccio" glass

"Capriccio" glass

Inv. 341/i
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Carpenter's folding rule

Carpenter's folding rule

Inv. 608
Maker unknown, English, 17th cent.

Case for military instruments

Case for military instruments

Inv. 620
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Case of mathematical instruments

Case of mathematical instruments

Inv. 639, 640, 673, 703
Giacomo Lusverg, Domenico Lusverg, Rome, late 17th cent. - early 18th cent.

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Dep. SBAS, Firenze
Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 2366
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1692

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 2696
Jodocus Hondius Jr, Adrianus Veen, 1613

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 2364
Vincenzo Coronelli, Arnold Deuvez, Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Paris, 1693

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 123
Mario Cartaro, Rome, 1577

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 2697
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 347
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Loan INAF-Arcetri
Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1622

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 348
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu after 1630

Celestial globe

Celestial globe

Inv. 2702
Matthäus Greuter, Rome, 1636

Centerpiece

Centerpiece

Inv. 302
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Centerpiece

Centerpiece

Inv. 86
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Chalice

Chalice

Inv. 315
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Chalice glass

Chalice glass

Inv. 3905
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Chalice glass

Chalice glass

Inv. 3906
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Chalice glass

Chalice glass

Inv. 3904
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Chalice with fins

Chalice with fins

Inv. 341/38
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Chalice with handles

Chalice with handles

Inv. 280
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Chalices

Chalices

Inv. 104, 105
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Clinometer

Clinometer

Inv. 148
Maker unknown, Italian, 16th cent.

Communicating vases

Communicating vases

Inv. 186
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

Inv. 3247
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.

Compound microscope, body-tube

Compound microscope, body-tube

Inv. 3797
Maker unknown, Italian, early 18th cent.

Conical glass

Conical glass

Inv. 309
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Conical glass

Conical glass

Inv. 320
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Conical glass

Conical glass

Inv. 310
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Conical glass

Conical glass

Inv. 3803
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Crab-shaped "capriccio" glass

Crab-shaped "capriccio" glass

Inv. 103
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Cup

Cup

Inv. 268
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Cups joined by a stem

Cups joined by a stem

Inv. 3805
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Cylinder dial

Cylinder dial

Inv. 2457
Maker unknown, Italian, between 1574 and 1587

Cylindrical vase

Cylindrical vase

Inv. 252
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Cylindrical vase

Cylindrical vase

Inv. 304
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Decorated chalice

Decorated chalice

Inv. 3801
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Diptych dial

Diptych dial

Inv. 2464
Maker unknown, French or Italian, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Diptych dial

Diptych dial

Inv. 2469
Maker unknown, German, mid-17th cent.

Diptych dial

Diptych dial

Inv. 2471
Hans Tucher, German, second half 16th cent.

Diptych dial

Diptych dial

Inv. 2489
Maker unknown, French, 1573

Diptych dial

Diptych dial

Inv. 2490
Maker unknown, German, late 17th cent. - early 18th cent.

Display plate

Display plate

Inv. 291
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Dividers

Dividers

Inv. 1000
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Dividers

Dividers

Inv. 1486/bis
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Dividers

Dividers

Inv. 2515
Benvenuto della Volpaia, Florence, 16th cent.

Double-handle vase

Double-handle vase

Inv. 341/34
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Double-handle vases

Double-handle vases

Inv. 330
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Drawing compass

Drawing compass

Inv. 3684
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Eyepiece lens

Eyepiece lens

Inv. 2573
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1665

Eyepiece lens

Eyepiece lens

Inv. 2574
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1666

Eyepiece lens

Eyepiece lens

Inv. 2584
Ippolito Francini or Evangelista Torricelli or Jacopo Mariani [attr.], Florence, 1640-1660

Eyepiece lens

Eyepiece lens

Inv. 2585
Ippolito Francini or Evangelista Torricelli or Jacopo Mariani [attr.], Florence, 1640-1660

Flute chalice

Flute chalice

Inv. 262
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Folding rule

Folding rule

Inv. 2514
Antonio Bianchini, Italian, 1564

Folding rule

Folding rule

Inv. 2511
Antonio Bianchini, Italian, 16th cent.

Folli's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Folli's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Inv. 2435
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Fountain

Fountain

Inv. 88
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Fountain on stand

Fountain on stand

Inv. 802
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 16th cent.

Galileo's objective lens

Galileo's objective lens

Inv. 2429
Vittorio Crosten (frame), lens: late 1609 - early 1610 / frame: 1677

Galileo's telescope

Galileo's telescope

Inv. 2427
Galileo Galilei, Italian, ca. 1610

Galileo's telescope

Galileo's telescope

Inv. 2428
Galileo Galilei, Italian, late 1609 - early 1610

Geometric and military compass

Geometric and military compass

Inv. 2430
Galileo Galilei, ca. 1606

Geometrical square

Geometrical square

Inv. 121
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.

Gimbaled compass

Gimbaled compass

Inv. 2535
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.

Glass with handles

Glass with handles

Inv. 258
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, early 17th cent.

Graduated ruler

Graduated ruler

Inv. 638, 3703
Maker unknown, Urbino, 1661

Graphometer

Graphometer

Inv. 151
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Graphometer

Graphometer

Inv. 245, 3699
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710

Gunner's caliper

Gunner's caliper

Inv. 695
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Gunner's caliper

Gunner's caliper

Inv. 699
Maker unknown, German?, 17th cent.

Gunner's calliper

Gunner's calliper

Inv. 3176
Lorenzo Batecin, Venice, 16th cent.

Gunner's level

Gunner's level

Inv. 669 (arco), 2539
Josua Habermel, Prague, late 16th cent.

Gunner's quadrant

Gunner's quadrant

Inv. 659
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Gunner's rule

Gunner's rule

Inv. 2517
Hans Christoph Schissler, Prague, 1595

Gunner's sight and level

Gunner's sight and level

Inv. 2531
Maker unknown, German?, 16th cent.

Gunner's sight and level

Gunner's sight and level

Inv. 3689
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Gunner's sight and level

Gunner's sight and level

Inv. 670
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 239
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1570

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 2499
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, ca. 1580

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 2520
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, 1568

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 2525
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, ca. 1575

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 155, 156 (cavalletto)
Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, 1599

Horary quadrant

Horary quadrant

Inv. 2524
Giovanni Battista Giusti, Florence, 1565

Horizontal cylinder dial

Horizontal cylinder dial

Inv. 2486
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Horizontal dial

Horizontal dial

Inv. 134
Maker unknown, French or Italian, 17th cent.

Horizontal dial

Horizontal dial

Inv. 2484
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1613

Horizontal dial

Horizontal dial

Inv. 2468
Maker unknown, German or Dutch, 17th- early 18th cent.

Horizontal dial

Horizontal dial

Inv. 141
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Instrument of the "Primum Mobile"

Instrument of the "Primum Mobile"

Inv. 2643
Egnazio Danti, Florence, 1568

Jacob's staff

Jacob's staff

Inv. 3167
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.

Jacob's staff

Jacob's staff

Inv. 3167
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.

Jovilabe

Jovilabe

Inv. 3178
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Large armed lodestone

Large armed lodestone

Inv. 542
Maker unknown, first decade 17th cent.

Lens

Lens

Inv. 2545, 2710/bis
Benedetto Bregans (lens), Francesco Spighi, Gaspero Mazzeranghi (mount), Lens: Dresden / Mount: Florence, Lens: 1690 / Mount: 1767

Lens with central bore

Lens with central bore

Inv. 2596
Maker unknown, early 18th cent.

Lens with mount

Lens with mount

Inv. 2586
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Lens with mount

Lens with mount

Inv. 2630
Maker unknown, late 17th cent.

Lens with mount

Lens with mount

Inv. 2595
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Level

Level

Inv. 701
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710

Lunar converter

Lunar converter

Inv. 3701
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Magnetic compass

Magnetic compass

Inv. 3182
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Mathematical compendium

Mathematical compendium

Inv. 2467
Hans Christoph Schissler, German, late 16th cent.

Measuring rule

Measuring rule

Inv. 694
Maker unknown, English, 16th cent.

Middle finger of Galileo's right hand

Middle finger of Galileo's right hand

Inv. 2432
Author unknown, Stand, case, and inscription: ca. 1737

Military instrument

Military instrument

Inv. 2530
Joost Bürgi [attr.], German, late 16th cent.

Military instrument

Military instrument

Inv. 682
Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, 1557

Military rule

Military rule

Inv. 657
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.

Military rule

Military rule

Inv. 658
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.

Model of the eye

Model of the eye

Inv. 644
Giovan Battista Verle [attr.], 17th cent.

Model of the eyeball

Model of the eyeball

Inv. 2582
Chérubin d'Orléans [attr.], late 17th cent. (?)

Navicula de Venetiis

Navicula de Venetiis

Inv. 3163
Maker unknown, English, 15th cent.

Nocturnal

Nocturnal

Inv. 2493
Maker unknown, Italian, mid-17th cent.

Nocturnal

Nocturnal

Inv. 2504
Maker unknown, French, 1560

Nocturnal

Nocturnal

Inv. 2494
Maker unknown, Italian, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Nocturnal and sundial

Nocturnal and sundial

Inv. 2498
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1613

Nocturnal and sundial

Nocturnal and sundial

Inv. 1305
Lorenzo della Volpaia, Florence, 1511

Nocturnal and sundial

Nocturnal and sundial

Inv. 2503
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1568

Nocturnal and sundial

Nocturnal and sundial

Inv. 1286
Girolamo della Volpaia [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.

Nocturnal and sundial

Nocturnal and sundial

Inv. 3264
Eufrosino della Volpaia, Florence, 1520

Objective lens

Objective lens

Inv. 2571
Evangelista Torricelli, Florence, 1646

Objective lens

Objective lens

Inv. 2572
Evangelista Torricelli, 1643

Objective lens

Objective lens

Inv. 2632
Jacopo Mariani, Florence, 1660-1670

Objective lens

Objective lens

Inv. 2587
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, 1665

Octagonal telescope

Octagonal telescope

Inv. 2553
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1664

Octagonal telescope

Octagonal telescope

Inv. 2557
Eustachio Divini, Rome, 1674

Octant

Octant

Inv. 120
Maker unknown, Italian?, 16th cent.

Odometer

Odometer

Inv. 648
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Optical toy

Optical toy

Inv. 3196
Jean-François Niceron, 1642

Optical toy

Optical toy

Inv. 3197
Ludovico Buti, Italian, 1593

Pedometer

Pedometer

Inv. 3384
Christoph Schissler, Hans Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, second half 16th cent.

Phial

Phial

Inv. 3800
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 660, 1092
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, 17th cent.

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1106
Maker unknown, German?, 16th cent.

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1096
Hans Dorn [attr.], German, 1483

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1107
Maker unknown, French?, 13th cent.

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1285
Maker unknown, Italian, 1568

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1113
Maker unknown, Arab, 10th cent.

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1109
Maker unknown, Arab, 14th cent. (?)

Plane astrolabe

Plane astrolabe

Inv. 1114
Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, 1560

Plates

Plates

Inv. 285, 294, 295, 297
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Plates

Plates

Inv. 286, 287, 289, 290, 292, 293, 296, 299, 300, 337, 338
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Plumb level

Plumb level

Inv. 3184
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Plumb level

Plumb level

Inv. 3604
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 126
David Beringer, G.P. Seyfried, Nuremberg, between 1777 and 1821

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2456
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, 1587

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2458
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, late 16th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2460
Girolamo della Volpaia, Florence, 1590

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2495
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 3261
Maker unknown, Italian, mid-17th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 3193
Girolamo della Volpaia [attr.], Florence, late 16th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2477
Maker unknown, German, late 16th cent.

Polyhedral dial

Polyhedral dial

Inv. 2459
Stefano Buonsignori [attr.], Florence, late 16th cent.

Portable quadrant

Portable quadrant

Inv. 2513
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Portable quadrant

Portable quadrant

Inv. 2513
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Proportional and surveying compasses

Proportional and surveying compasses

Inv. 2510
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1618

Proportional compasses

Proportional compasses

Inv. 2512
Jost Miller, Strasbourg, 1616

Proportional compasses

Proportional compasses

Inv. 650
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Protractor

Protractor

Inv. 3182
David Usslaub, German, 1599

Protractor

Protractor

Inv. 683, 2526
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Quadrans vetus

Quadrans vetus

Inv. 662
Maker unknown, German?, late 14th cent. - early 15th cent.

Quadrant

Quadrant

Inv. 1495, 2465
Tobias Volckmer, Braunschweig, 1608

Quadrant

Quadrant

Inv. 2522
Maker unknown, Naples, 1553

Quadrant

Quadrant

Inv. 2544, 3187
Carlo Renaldini, Italian, 1667

Quadrant

Quadrant

Inv. 2523
Jean Giamin, Rome, late 16th cent.

Quadrant

Quadrant

Inv. 2521
Giovanni Battista Giusti [attr.], Italian, 1556

Quadrant with Easter scale

Quadrant with Easter scale

Inv. 2518
Josua Habermel [attr.], German, ca. 1600

"Radio latino"

"Radio latino"

Inv. 619
Carlo Doni, Italian, 17th cent.

"Radio latino"

"Radio latino"

Inv. 647
Maker unknown, Italian, late 16th cent.

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 3686
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 655
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 633
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Reel

Reel

Inv. 617
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Refraction dial

Refraction dial

Inv. 241
Simone Barocci [attr.], Urbino, second half 16th cent.

Scaphe dial

Scaphe dial

Inv. 2533
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Scaphe multiple dial

Scaphe multiple dial

Inv. 2485
Stefano Buonsignori, Florence, 1584

"Serpent" chalice

"Serpent" chalice

Inv. 341/33
Maker unknown, Tuscany?, 17th cent.

Single-handed dividers

Single-handed dividers

Inv. 1478
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Single-handed dividers

Single-handed dividers

Inv. 1479
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Small cup

Small cup

Inv. 80
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Stand

Stand

Inv. 3802
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Stands

Stands

Inv. 709
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Stem

Stem

Inv. 87
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Sundial

Sundial

Inv. 246
Carlo Plato [attr.], Rome, 1578

Sundial

Sundial

Inv. 2488
Camillo della Volpaia, Florence, 1542

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 144
Baldassarre Lanci, Florence or Siena, 16th cent.

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 2508
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 3687
Urbino workshop, 16th cent.

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 1471
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 3371
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Surveying compass

Surveying compass

Inv. 2506
Matteo Botti, Giovanbattista Botti, Italian, 17th cent.

Surveying instrument

Surveying instrument

Inv. 152, 3165
Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, 1557

Surveying instrument

Surveying instrument

Inv. 643
Christoph Trechsler, German, 1572

Surveying instrument

Surveying instrument

Inv. 691
Wentzel Jamnitzer, Nuremberg, ca. 1575

Surveying rod

Surveying rod

Inv. 693
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Surveying rods

Surveying rods

Inv. 2536, 2537
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Surveyor's square

Surveyor's square

Inv. 680
Maker unknown, Urbino, 1654

Surveyor's square

Surveyor's square

Inv. 681
Domenico Lusverg, Rome, 1710

Tall-stem chalice

Tall-stem chalice

Inv. 318
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Telescope

Telescope

Inv. 3377
Maker unknown, 1650-1670

Telescope for Torricelli's lens

Telescope for Torricelli's lens

Inv. 2554
Evangelista Torricelli (Objective) / Tube: maker unknown, Objective: 1647 / Tube: second half 18th cent. (?)

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Dep. SBAS, Firenze
Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 2698
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 2701
Matthäus Greuter, Rome, 1632

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 354
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Loan INAF-Arcetri
Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1622 / published ca. 1630

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 353
Willem Jansz Blaeu, published by Joan Blaeu ca. 1645-1648

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 2699
Guillaume Delisle, Paris, 1700 / after 1708

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 2363
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1688 / after 1691

Terrestrial globe

Terrestrial globe

Inv. 2365
Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice, 1688 / after 1691

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2548
Jacques Tendre de Moulina, French?, first half 18th cent.

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 3458
John Marshall [attr.], English, late 17th cent.

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 3185
Giuseppe Campani, Italian, 1665

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2564
John Marshall [attr.], English, 1690-1720

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2562
Johann Wiesel [attr.], German, ca. 1650

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2561
John Marshall [attr.], English, 1690-1720

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2560
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2551
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, ca. 1664

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2552
Eustachio Divini, 1660-1670

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2558
Maker unknown, English, early 18th cent.

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2556
Giuseppe Campani, Rome, 1666

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2550
Giovanni Battista Magnelli, Italian, 1695

Terrestrial telescope

Terrestrial telescope

Inv. 2549
Maker unknown, English or German?, first half 18th cent.

Theodolite

Theodolite

Inv. 149
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Theodolite

Theodolite

Inv. 154
Erasmus Habermel, Prague, late 16th cent.

Theodolite

Theodolite

Inv. 150
Michael Bumel, Nuremberg, 1625

Three-legged compass

Three-legged compass

Inv. 1480
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.

Triangulation instrument

Triangulation instrument

Inv. 3164
Baldassarre Lanci [attr.], Florence, 16th cent.

Triangulation instrument

Triangulation instrument

Inv. 668
Paolo Massucci, Lucca, 1604

Trigonometric machine

Trigonometric machine

Inv. 689
John Marke, London, 1670

Trigonometric quadrants

Trigonometric quadrants

Inv. 2529, 2637
Christoph Schissler [attr.], German, late 16th cent.

Tripod base

Tripod base

Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Tripod legs

Tripod legs

Inv. 2538
Maker unknown, German, 16th cent.

Vase

Vase

Inv. 341/36
Maker unknown, Tuscany, 17th cent.

Vases

Vases

Inv. 2064, 2065
Maker unknown, 16th cent.

Vases with handles

Vases with handles

Inv. 316, 317
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Vases with spouts

Vases with spouts

Inv. 257, 275
Maker unknown, Tuscany, late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.

Vertical dial

Vertical dial

Inv. 2534
Maker unknown, German, ca. 1600

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Inv. 2436
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Inv. 2, 2438
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Inv. 1, 2439
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Viviani's paper-ribbon hygrometer

Inv. 3, 2437
Maker unknown, second half 17th cent.

Viviani's rope hygrometer

Viviani's rope hygrometer

Inv. 799
Vincenzo Viviani [attr.], Italian, second half 17th cent. (oldest part)