20 results filtered with: Compasses (Mathematical instruments)
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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
Date: 1 July 1786Reference: 25991i- Pictures
A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Reference: 25882i
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A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560Reference: 25881i- Pictures
Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.
Date: 1788Reference: 27184i- Books
La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.Date: 1640
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A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving attributed to G. Bonasone, 1544.
Date: 1544Reference: 25916i
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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25661i
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A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 25905i
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Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.
Reference: 25915i
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Usage du compas de proportion, et de l'instrument universel, pour résoudre promptement & très-exactement les problêmes de la géometrie pratique, tant sur le papier que sur le terrein, sans aucun calcul. Avec un traité de la division des champs / Par M. Ozanam.
Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717.Date: 1769- Books
Fabrica, et uso del compasso di proportione, dove insegna à gli artefici il modo di fare in esso le necessarie divisioni. E con varij problemi vsuali mostra l'vtilità di questo stromento, del molto rev. P. Paolo Casati ... dando la ragioni, & apportando le dimostrationi di tutte le operationi nella fabrica, e nell'vso ... / [Paolo Casati].
Casati, Paolo, 1617-1707.Date: 1664
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The hand of God spans out heaven with a compass while surrounded by angels. Line engraving by Robert Pranker, ca. 1761.
Date: 1761Reference: 15458i
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A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: 1591Reference: 26097i
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Three figures of the muscles of the foot, showing the sole of the foot progressively dissected.
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.Date: 1739]Reference: 28297i- Pictures
A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1748Reference: 26230i- Books
La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.Date: 1640
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The angel tells Joseph to awaken and take Jesus and Mary to Egypt. Engraving after P. Mignard.
Mignard, Pierre, 1612-1695.Reference: 21792i
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The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
Date: [1556]Reference: 26090i- Books
Fabrica, et uso del compasso di proportione, dove insegna à gli artefici il modo di fare in esso le necessarie divisioni. E con varij problemi usuali mostra l'utilità di questo stromento / Paolo Casati della Compagnia di Giesu ; dando la ragioni, & apportando le dimostrationi di tutte le operationi nella fabrica, e nell'uso ; opera utile ... accresciuta notabilimente in questa seconda editione dal medesimo autore.
Casati, Paolo, 1617-1707.Date: 1685
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Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 17859i