A machine to make seven copies in one
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 167mm
width (page): 223mm
width (page): 223mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A pantograph, originally invented by Christoph Scheiner (Pantographice (1631)), adjusted to make seven copies at once.
The document explains how the machine should be used, that the quill will be attached in the middle (the line at b), and that the B's are the points where 6 other quills will directly copy onto pages A, what the quill at b is writing.
The document explains how the machine should be used, that the quill will be attached in the middle (the line at b), and that the B's are the points where 6 other quills will directly copy onto pages A, what the quill at b is writing.
Transcription
Machine pour ecrire sept copies a la fois
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
This machine was originally invented by the German Jesuit Christoph Scheiner, and reported in his Pantographice, seu ars delineandi res quaslibet per parallelogrammum lineare seu cavum, mechanicum, mobile (Rome, 1631).
Associated place