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Carpenter's folding rule

Carpenter's folding rule

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

Compass known as Michelangelo's compass

Compass known as Michelangelo's compass

Inv. 1357
Maker unknown, Italian, 16th cent.

Dividers

Dividers

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

Dividers

Dividers

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

Drawing compass

Drawing compass

Inv. 3684
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Pantograph

Pantograph

Inv. 596
Joseph Meinicke, Vienna, 18th cent.

Protractor

Protractor

Inv. 3182
David Usslaub, German, 1599

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 3686
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 688
Agostino Rastrelli, Florence, 1719

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 655
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Reduction compass

Reduction compass

Inv. 633
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Surveying instrument

Surveying instrument

Inv. 152, 3165
Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, 1557

Three-legged compass

Three-legged compass

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