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Johann Heinrich Burchart German (Hamburg, probably)
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Title: Mathematical Instrument Chest of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Maker:
Johann Heinrich Burchart (German (Hamburg, probably), 1600–1699)
Date: 1686
Culture: German, Hamburg
Medium: Case: walnut wood, velvet, brass (gilded); instruments: brass (gilded), steel, glass, wood
Dimensions:
13 × 21 5/8 × 13 3/16 in., 44.1 lb. (33 × 55 × 33.5 cm, 20 kg)
Proportional compass: 1 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (3.2 × 31 cm)
Holland circle: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Gunner's level: 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
Classifications: boxes, Implements, Woodwork
Credit Line:
Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett, Museumslandschaft Hessen
Kassel
Accession Number: SL.2.2019.24.2a–f
