Paper, regarding an instrument for drawing parallel lines without a compass by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/7ii/7
Date: 27 May 1725

Description
The author describes a brass instrument for drawing parallel lines and measuring their distances without the need for a compass.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1725
- Reference number
- CLP/7ii/7
- Earliest possible date
- 27 May 1725
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, regarding an instrument for drawing parallel lines without a compass by unknown author, 27 May 1725, CLP/7ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_7/paper-regarding-an-instrument-for-drawing-parallel-lines-without-a-compass-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 February 2025
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Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'
1721-1739 Reference number: CLP/7ii
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