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Measuring the distance from ship to shore, using a quadrant marked with shadow-scales, 1598.

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Measuring distance and angle for firing cannonballs using the quadrant, 1548. Woodcut by Peter Flotner from 'Vitruvius Teutsch', the first German translation of ‘De architectura’ (Of architecture) by the Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius Pollio (1st century BC), published in Nuremberg in 1548.

Location Science Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART400578

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3780px × 5310px

Photo Credit SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY

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16th century CE