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Marine parallel rulers in brass.
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- Maker :
- ANONYMOUS
- Place :
- Paris
- Date :
- ca. 1880
- Color :
- Uncoloured
- Height mm.:
- 80
- Width mm.:
- 228
- Condition :
- In very good condition
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 48708
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Description
Very fine marine parallel rulers in brass. The parallel ruler is the oldest and most traditional way to measure and trace routes and bearings.
The principle is simple: the ruler is placed on the road to be measured and then, like a pantograph, the other part of the ruler is placed on one of the declination roses on the map to determine the angle.
Carte de L'Empire du Mexico.
A good engraved map of Mexico, with rococo title cartouche lower left. From l'Histoire générale des voyages .
$80
Maker : BELLIN, J.N.
Place : Paris
Date : 1754
A ship's hour glass.
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns. The invention of the hourglass is attributed to an 8th-century monk in Chartres, France, with the marine sandglass appearing as early as the 14th century. In earlier examples, the bulbs were connected with a material such as putty or hardened wax, bound in leather, linen or string. From about 1720, the two bulbs were welded together over a brass bead...
$2.000
Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : Germany
Date : ca. 1750
Soil map - Virginia Norfolk Sheet.
Soil map printed by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for the Department of Agriculture. The map gives great detail of the area centered on Norfolk, Potsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach in the year 1903. Soils are surveyed by J.E.Lapham in the same year. To the left and right, color keys to the different soil types.Upper left: U.S.Department of Agriculture, Bureau of soils, Milton Whitney, Chief.Julies Bien (later Bien & Co) was born and educated in Germany, and moved to America in 1849. He started...
$50
Maker : U.S. DEPT. OF ARGICULTURE
Place : New York 1903
Date : 1903
Tabula ducatus Limburch et comitatus Valckenburch. . .
The map describes the southern part of Limburg and reaches into Belgium (Liége, Verviers) and Germany. With two very decorative cartouches.
$350
Maker : DE WIT, F.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1690
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- 75013, Ile-de-France, France
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