Title

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1551

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_491

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,2Mb) / 16,1in x 12,1in / 4817 x 3626 (300dpi)

Keywords

height people male man men tower guy tool surveying century calculation measuring maths mathematics measurement arithmetic B&W MONOCHROME plumb bob black & white black and white B W 16th century sixteenth century Oxford Science Archive mathematical instrument quadrant triangulation woodcut Unknown Sebastian Sebastian Munster Munster Sebastian Munster woodcut