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LicenseSix inch Brass sector 1720-1753 signed T Heath Fecit
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Six inch Brass sector 1720-1753 signed T Heath Fecit
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Six inch Brass sector signed T Heath Fecit, decorated on hinge and legs with floral patterns
Six inch Brass sector 1720-1753 signed T Heath Fecit, decorated on hinge and legs with floral patterns. Sectors were used from the end of the 16th century until the mid 19th century to perform calculations involving proportion. They were inscribed with logathmic and trigonometric lines and lines used for drawing and calculating surfaces and volumes.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1970-511
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
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overall (lying flat): 2 mm x 160 mm x 77 mm, .118 kg
- type:
- sector
- credit:
- Sotheby and Compan
