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John Blagrave’s ‘universal’ instrument

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John Collins’s treatise on the use of the quadrant

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Abel Foullon’s description of his holometer

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Fraunhofer’s explanation of haloes around the sun and moon as diffraction phenomena

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Cavalieri anticipates Newton’s reflecting telescope as well as the Cassegrain reflector

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First complete edition of Schwenter’s treatise on geometry and its applications to surveying

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Three rare works, including Egnazio Danti’s schematization of mathematics and a paper instrument for calculating right ascension

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Bramer’s description of his improved version of Galileo’s proportional compass, 1615

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Adriaan Metius, the first Dutch work on the proportional compass, 1634

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Denis Henrion, the first French work on the proportional compass, 1618

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The war between Charles Babbage and Richard Sheepshanks

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Boscovich’s account of his vitrometer, 1767

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John Blagrave’s ‘universal’ instrument

John Collins’s treatise on the use of the quadrant

Abel Foullon’s description of his holometer

Fraunhofer’s explanation of haloes around the sun and moon as diffraction phenomena

Cavalieri anticipates Newton’s reflecting telescope as well as the Cassegrain reflector

First complete edition of Schwenter’s treatise on geometry and its applications to surveying

Three rare works, including Egnazio Danti’s schematization of mathematics and a paper instrument for calculating right ascension

Bramer’s description of his improved version of Galileo’s proportional compass, 1615

Adriaan Metius, the first Dutch work on the proportional compass, 1634

Denis Henrion, the first French work on the proportional compass, 1618

The war between Charles Babbage and Richard Sheepshanks

Boscovich’s account of his vitrometer, 1767