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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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