12th May, 2022 12:00
Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments
A Rare Perspective Rolling Centrolinead, Stanley
English, c.1880, the rule engraved 'Stanleys Rolling Centrolinead, Great Turnstile London; constructed of heavy guage brass with interchangable numbered wheels of different sizes in a French polished mahogany case, case 42cm
Footnote: The centrolinead was invented by Peter Nicholson, a British mathematician and architect, in 1814. It was used to construct 2-point perspective drawings where one or both vanishing points existed outside the drawing board, this instrument would apear to be a take on Nicholsons design built by Stanley.
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English, c.1880, the rule engraved 'Stanleys Rolling Centrolinead, Great Turnstile London; constructed of heavy guage brass with interchangable numbered wheels of different sizes in a French polished mahogany case, case 42cm
Footnote: The centrolinead was invented by Peter Nicholson, a British mathematician and architect, in 1814. It was used to construct 2-point perspective drawings where one or both vanishing points existed outside the drawing board, this instrument would apear to be a take on Nicholsons design built by Stanley.
Auction: Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022
