Title

Surveying, 1551. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Surveying, 1551. Obtaining the height of a building by the use of a cross-staff. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1551

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_165

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (929,9Kb) / 17,5in x 11,1in / 5235 x 3334 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany height building buildings German country location surveying century calculation maths mathematics measurement angle geometry arithmetic B&W MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W 16th century sixteenth century Oxford Science Archive cross-staff woodcut Unknown Sebastian Sebastian Munster Munster Sebastian Munster woodcut