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Graphometer
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      Domenico Lusverg
    • Place:
      Rome
    • Date:
      1710
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 360 mm
    • Inventory:
      245, 3699
    • Graphometer (Inv. 245, 3699)

Graphometer consisting of a semi-circle with a degree scale, and a magnetic compass and alidade at the center. In addition to the alidade viewers, there are two sights positioned at 0° and 180°. The back of the instrument carries a fitting for a tripod. Signed by Domenico Lusverg. Provenance: Medici collections.