1 pantograph : brass ; 11 x 58 x 7 cm (folded), in box 14 x 60 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Benjamin Martin described his pantograph in: An appendix to the New art of surveying: containing a new construction of a pantagraph, which renders it of universal use in reducing or enlarging plans, drawings, pictures, portraits, &c. in copies bearing any required proportion to the original (London, between 1775 and 1780). The instrument depicted in the frontispiece to this publication -- captioned "The Universal Pantagraph, invented & made by B. Martin, London" -- closely resembles the present pantograph.