A beam compass by Christoph Trechsler the Elder and the origin of the micrometer screw

Author

Vincent, Clare

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Metropolitan Museum journal/Essays in honor of Helmut Nickel. 1989, Vol. 24, p. 209-222, 21 ill.

ISSN

0077-8958

Abstract (en)

Study of Trechsler's production of precision instruments in Dresden in the late 16th c. Focuses on his precocious use of the micrometer screw, exemplified in a beam compass of 1619 in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Metalwork -- Germany
• Trechsler, Christoph, the elder, 1546-1624
• Compasses
• Precision instruments
• Germany
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Arts du métal -- Allemagne
• Compas
• Instrument de précision
• Allemagne
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447179

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