An eighteenth century travelling theodolite
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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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An eighteenth century travelling theodolitetheodoliteBrazilian demarcations (>1778)J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790)history of scientific collectionseighteenth century history of scienceAbstract 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.Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2016-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702016000300669História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos v.23 n.3 2016reponame:História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhosinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0104-59702016000300004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMalaquias,Isabeleng2016-09-09T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0104-59702016000300669Revistahttp://www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br/PUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||hscience@coc.fiocruz.br1678-47580104-5970opendoar:2016-09-09T00:00História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhos - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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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 |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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An eighteenth century travelling theodolite |
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Malaquias,Isabel |
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Malaquias,Isabel |
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Malaquias,Isabel |
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theodolite Brazilian demarcations (>1778) J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790) history of scientific collections eighteenth century history of science |
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theodolite Brazilian demarcations (>1778) J.H. de Magellan (1722-1790) history of scientific collections eighteenth century history of science |
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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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Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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