The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 24 (1989)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 24

"A Beam Compass by Christoph Trechsler the Elder and the Origin of the Micrometer Screw"

Vincent, Clare

1989

14 pages

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About the authors

Clare Vincent

Met Art in Publication

Beam compass, Christopher Trechsler the Elder, son of Lorenz, Brass gilt, German, Dresden — Beam compass
Christopher Trechsler
1619

Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

Jacques Besson

1578

Armorer's vise, Jacopo da Ferrara Italian, Iron, Northern Italian — Armorer's vise
Jacopo da Ferrara
1588

Press, Iron, with traces of gilding, probably Italian, Milan — Press
last quarter 16th century

Vaginal dilator and speculum, Steel, probably German — Vaginal dilator and speculum
17th century