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Physical description: 95 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Notes: Typed letter from Bern Dibner (Burndy Library) loosely inserted, dated 1979. Bibliography: p.34-35. Translation of: Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare. Subject: 17th century. Mathematical instruments - Geometry - Surveyor's compass - Early works to 1800. Epstein. Other names: Drake, Stillman [trans] Dibner Library. Other titles: Operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare. Series: Publication - Dibner Library ; no. 1. Genre: Illustrated, text.
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Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass, 1606 (Dibner Library Publication, N0 1)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Very Good softcover. Includes a selected historical bibliography on the Sector. Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass, 1606 translated, with an introduction by Stillman Drake. Published for The Burndy Library by The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology and the Smithsonian Institution Press, Wash DC. Illustrated. 95p. Seller Inventory # 58120
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OPERATIONS OF THE GEOMETRIC AND MILITARY COMPASS 1606.
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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. 95 pages, illustrated. "Mechanical instruments for special purposes in astronomy, surveying, navigation, and architecture were long in use before any general mechanical computing device existed, except for the abacus. In 1598, the sector was introduced in England and Italy. Galileo's model was the most useful and soon spread throughout Europe in various forms." FINE SOFTCOVER. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 003304
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Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass, 1606 (Dibner Library Publication, N0 1)
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Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 95 pps. Titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos, drawings, diagrams & facsimile docs. Chip off the sp. bottom. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Translated, with an introduction by Stillman Drake. Dibner Library National Museum of History and Technology Publication Number One. Includes selected historical bibliography on the sector & notes. Facsimile edition of Galileo's classic scientific work on use oft he military compass in Renaissance engineering. Seller Inventory # 006105