| Brass square by F. Manfredotti |
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| Dating | Before 1818 (XVIII cent.) |  |
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| Maker | Francesco Manfredotti |
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| The tool, signed F. Manfredotti, was used in horizontal position and with its compass (the needle has gone lost) to get measures of angles for the cartographic reliefs. Besides it could be employed as proportion compass: infact its arms are endowed with the usual nicks to quickly perform specific calculations. The measures are in "feet" and precisely in the "Piede di Venetia" [Venician foot] and in the "Piede di Parigi" [Parisian foot].
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| Web page | Brass square by F. Manfredotti |
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| Section | Particular |
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| Window | A |
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| Conditions | | Incomplete | | Working P | | Damaged R |
| | Large | 31.0 cm (12.2 in) |
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| Width | 35.0 cm (13.8 in) |
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| Height | 24.0 cm (9.4 in) |
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| Materials | brass, wood, lacquer |
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| Sources |
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Alberti G. A., Istuzioni pratiche per l'ingegnero civile, Pietro Savioni Stampatore e Libraio, Venezia, 1782, pag. 17, Tav. II, fig. 9
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| Loans |
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1) Napoleone a Campoformido: armi, diplomazia e società in una regione d'Europa. Villa Manin, dal 12/10/1997 al 11/01/1998, Passariano del Friuli (UD);
2) Genius I. The mission: discover - research - invent. World Cultural Heritage - Völklingen Hütte, dal 13/05/2007 al 30/03/2008, Völklingen/Saarbrüken (D);
3) Strumenti del sapere - Il patrimonio del Foscarini tra Arte, Lettere e Scienze. Future Centre Telecom Italia - S. Marco 4826 - Campo S. Salvador , dal 19/03/2011 al 26/03/2011, Venezia;
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| Restorations |
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1) Restauro presso il Laboratorio del restauro dello strumento di interesse storico - Lotto I. Università degli Studi di Urbino, dal 21/09/2009 al 30/09/2010, Urbino;
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| The additional indications which integrate the items of the conservation's state have the following meaning:
(?) = maybe complete; M = maintenance; P = partial; R = restored; D = used for teaching; NC = not checked; X = impossible to verify. |