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Military rule
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian?
    • Date:
      16th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      length 280 mm
    • Inventory:
      658
    • Military rule (Inv. 658)

Square-section brass rule, graduated on one side only with decreasing scales up to 200 parts. Very similar to inv. 657, it was probably part of a more complex instrument such as a surveying compass. Provenance: Medici collections.