An eighteenth century travelling theodolite

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Autor(a) principal: Malaquias,Isabel
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhos
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Resumo: Abstract An old topographic compass displayed in a showroom of the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took our curiosity namely because of its resemblance to a theodolite, described by J.H. de Magellan. Not many things were known about its previous history. From the different documents studied, and the characteristics of this singular theodolite, it must have belonged to the collections of instruments acquired for the Brazilian border demarcations undertaken after the Santo Ildefonso Treaty, agreed to by the Portuguese and Spanish courts in 1777. Several instruments were bought in London, and supervised and chosen by Magellan, the Portuguese instruments expert. We present arguments in favour of this conclusion.
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title An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
spellingShingle An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
Malaquias,Isabel
theodolite
Brazilian demarcations (>1778)
J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790)
history of scientific collections
eighteenth century history of science
title_short An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
title_full An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
title_fullStr An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
title_full_unstemmed An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
title_sort An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
author Malaquias,Isabel
author_facet Malaquias,Isabel
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Malaquias,Isabel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv theodolite
Brazilian demarcations (>1778)
J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790)
history of scientific collections
eighteenth century history of science
topic theodolite
Brazilian demarcations (>1778)
J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790)
history of scientific collections
eighteenth century history of science
description Abstract An old topographic compass displayed in a showroom of the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took our curiosity namely because of its resemblance to a theodolite, described by J.H. de Magellan. Not many things were known about its previous history. From the different documents studied, and the characteristics of this singular theodolite, it must have belonged to the collections of instruments acquired for the Brazilian border demarcations undertaken after the Santo Ildefonso Treaty, agreed to by the Portuguese and Spanish courts in 1777. Several instruments were bought in London, and supervised and chosen by Magellan, the Portuguese instruments expert. We present arguments in favour of this conclusion.
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