Diagram of a pantograph. This is a collection of several metal arms linked in parallelograms. A pointer in one position is traced over a document, and

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Diagram of a pantograph. This is a collection of several metal arms linked in parallelograms. A pointer in one position is traced over a document, and a pen at another position produces and identical, enlarged or miniaturised copy. This plate was first published in Pantagraphice by the inventor, Christoph Scheiner, printed in Rome in 1631.

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Size: 4465px × 4111px
Photo credit: © MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1600s, 1631, 17th, black, century, christoph, copy, copying, description, diagram, drawing, engraving, illustration, inventor, monochrome, pantagraphice, pantograph, scaling, scheiner, white