Operations of the geometric and military compass, 1606 / Galileo Galilei ; translated, with an introd., by Stillman Drak

The Smithsonian catalogs Operations of the geometric and military compass, 1606 / Galileo Galilei ; translated, with an introd., by Stillman Drak as early works to 1800 in its Mathematical instruments records.

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Translation of Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Mathematical instruments and dates it 1978.

Translation of Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare.

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Smithsonian InstitutionOperations of the geometric and military compass, 1606 / Galileo Galilei ; translated, with an introd., by Stillman Drak

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