Compasses Collection

Bookbinding Tools 1875
Various tools used in bookbinding, including a pair of compasses, a mallet, presses, a knife, a set square, needle and thread, and a gouge

Kepler with Rudolf II
JOHANNES KEPLER German astronomer with Rudolf II

Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Brass cap badge (the Kings Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre

Johannes Kepler
JOHANNES KEPLER German astronomer

China. Han Dynasty (206 aC-220 BC). Invention

Astronomy / 16th Century
A German astronomer and cosmographer, at work on a globe with his compasses

Awn Pugin / Herbert
AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN English architect and designer who championed the gothic style

Photograph of Three Compasses PH, Rotherhithe (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Three Compasses PH, Rotherhithe (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Three Compasses PH, Hackney, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Compasses PH, Chelmsford (Old), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Compasses PH, Romford, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Photograph of Compasses PH, Hornchurch, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Compasses PH, Chelmsford (New), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Mathematical Drawing Instruments. circa 1880s

Case of Drawing Instruments
Case of Foreign-Made Drawing Instruments. circa 1880s

Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

DUTCH MAP MAKER
A Dutch map maker sits at his desk studying a globe, with a pair of compasses in his hand

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), Italian architect. Date: 16th century

French bank note, 50 Francs
French bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front

Cornelis Danckerts
CORNELIS DANCKERTS Dutch artist, depicted using a pair of compasses. Date: 1561 - 1634

Great Eastern / Compasses
The compasses of the Great Eastern. The gentleman leaning against the compass base is the Captain of the steamship, William Harrison Date: 1859

Vanbrugh - Kneller - Chambar
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726) English dramatist and architect

Grinling Gibbons / Chambar
GRINLING GIBBONS English woodcarver and sculptor Date: 1648 - 1721

Philibert Delorme / Jacqua
PHILIBERT DELORME French architect Date: 1515? - 1570

Collectors card, architect at work. Date: early 20th century

Richard de Wallingford measuring a circular instrument
" Richard de Wallingford measuring a circular instrument with a couple of compasses. Illustration of the manuscript " Cotton Claudius". Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM

Crown Prince Wilhelm seated at his desk, WW1
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst (1882-1951), the last Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia. Seen here seated at his desk with a map in front of him during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Crown Prince Wilhelm studying a map, WW1
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst (1882-1951), the last Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia. Seen here with one of his army officers, studying a map during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Mascheroni / Lorenzo / Brama
LORENZO MASCHERONI Italian mathematician Date: 1750 - 1800

Theodor De Bry / Self?
THEODOR DE BRY Dutch engraver

Gyrostatic Compass, 1912
Photograph of a new Anschutz gyrostatic compass, February 1912. This type of compass was expected to significantly outperform previous compasses in its ability to give a consistantly strong true

Gf Rustichi / Larmessin
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO RUSTICHI Italian sculptor and architect

Christoph Clavius / Esme B
CHRISTOPH CLAVIUS Bavarian astronomer and mathematician

Sebastian Cabot / F Rawle
SEBASTIAN CABOT Map maker and navigator, son of John Cabot

Jan Taisnier / Larmessin
JAN TAISNIER Flemish scholar

Wren Lely Edwards
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN The architect of St Pauls Cathedral

Walter Raleigh / Robinson
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English courtier, navigator, historian and poet

Copernicus [Larmessin]
MIKOLAI KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS) Polish astronomer

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