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Proportional compasses
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      Jacques Canivet
    • Place:
      Paris
    • Date:
      18th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      length 143 mm
    • Inventory:
      3647
    • Proportional compasses (Inv. 3647)

Flat-legged proportional compasses made by Jacques Canivet. The front sides of the legs are engraved with the polygon scale and arithmetical scale. The back carries the scale of chords and the metal scale.