Plate 4, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

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Object Details

Print Maker
Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730
Publisher
Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Designs for mechanical objects to be carried out in metal or ivory. The central figure (12) is the largest, and like those in Plate 3, is spherical, but has more holes apparent. Inside are loose barrel-like shapes; figure 4, an indented sphere. Lower right, a quadrilateral triangle, with merging points. Lower left and righ, cubes.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
1732
Accession Number
1949-152-113
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
21 × 15.9 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
made in
Lyon, France
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Record ID
chndm_1949-152-113
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44bfe9d1e-042b-4690-9ed6-e6a888d4d34f
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