Protractor
This instrument was used to calculate inaccessible distances and heights, measure horizontal angles, draw charts or topographic maps, and make trigonometric calculations.It has a semicircle calibrated from 0 to 130 degrees with a cut-out center. An alidade rotates around a small cut-out circle. The base is bordered by a graduated ruler used to mark minutes on the edge and note down the angles from topographic measurements. To create charts, it was used on a board of approximately one meter square, supported on a tripod, on top of which the paper that was to be drawn on was laid.
Charles William Carey (1862 – 1943)
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Naval Museum (Madrid, Španělsko)
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O tomto díle
- Název: Protractor
- Autor: Charles William Carey
- Rok: 1760
- Formát: Landscape
- Stav autorského práva: Právo veřejné domény
- Místo umístění: Naval Museum
- Hlavní barva: Putty
- Barva a odstín: Blue-Violet to Rose

