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Theodolite
    • Setting:
      Room V
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      English
    • Date:
      late 16th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 160 mm
    • Inventory:
      2528
    • Theodolite (Inv. 2528)
    • Theodolite (Inv. 2528)

Incomplete theodolite. The semicircular sector carries a viewer on the diameter line, the degree scale on the arc of the circumference, and the shadow square at the center. Made in England, it is engraved on one side with the coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth I. Highly probable provenance: Robert Dudley bequest to the Medici collections.