Mathematical Instrument Collection

4th grade students of the Irkutsk Mining School with a teacher, 1914. Creator: Unknown
4th grade students of the Irkutsk Mining School with a teacher, 1914. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Study of a Hand, early-mid 18th century. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Study of a Hand, early-mid 18th century

Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Johan Klopper
Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture

Triumphant Cupid among Emblems of Art and War, 17th century. Creators: Thomas Willeboirts, Paul de Vos
Triumphant Cupid among Emblems of Art and War, 17th century

The Architect, 1919. Creator: Richard Roland Holst
The Architect, 1919

Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo, 1482-1485. Creator: Piero di Cosimo
Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo, 1482-1485. This diptych shows a leading Florentine architect, Giuliano da Sangallo with his late father Francesco

Ernest George Fischer, Chief of Instrument Division, Coastal Geodetic Survey, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Ernest George Fischer, Chief of Instrument Division, Coastal Geodetic Survey, 1914. (Chief of Instrument Division 1907-1921)

Study of Hands, c. 1858. Creator: Charles Lucy
Study of Hands, c. 1858

Shaker Compass, c. 1938. Creator: Richard Barnett
Shaker Compass, c. 1938

The Geographer, 1669, (1911). Artist: Jan Vermeer
The Geographer, 1669, (1911). Painting held at the Stadel Museum, Frankfurt. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle... Fort Story, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle of splash in sea-target practice, Fort Story, Va

The "ChineseQuartermaster, Japan, 1765. Creator: Komatsuya Hyakki
The " Chinese" Quartermaster, Japan, 1765

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Commodus, 180, issued by Commodus. Creator: Unknown
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Commodus, 180, issued by Commodus. Reverse: Liberalitas holding an abacus and cornucopia. Minted in Rome

The Philosopher, from the Scherzi, ca. 1740. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Philosopher, from the Scherzi, ca. 1740

Study for a pendentive depicting Justice and Charity, 1630-50

Protractor, Model 3-B, United States Army Air Force. Creator: Unknown
Black metal navigation tool with two protractor arms and ruler

Drafting pen owned by William J. Powell, ca. 1920s. Creator: Unknown
Drafting pen owned by William J. Powell, ca. 1920s. During the 1920s, African-American engineer, soldier, civil aviator and author William J

Our Captain, Our Guide over Pathless Waters, 1890. Creator: BW Kilburn
Our Captain, Our Guide over Pathless Waters, 1890. Albumen silver print, stereocard

Large compass from a drafting took kit used by John S. Chase, mid-late 20th century
Large compass from a drafting tool kit used by architect John S. Chase. Chase (1925-2012) was the first licensed African-American architect in the state of Texas

Gravure en Taille Douce: suite de la pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Taille Douce: suite de la pl. I, 1771/1779. [Intaglio engraving]

Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius, 1606. Creator: Francesco Villamena
Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius, 1606

Elias Allen, 1666. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Elias Allen, 1666

Boy using surveying instrument, 1845. Creator: Alfred Crowquill
Boy using surveying instrument, 1845. Illustration to Railway Mania, a story by Alfred Crowquill, a satire on the obsession with the railways

Labor, 1591. Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Labor, 1591

Frontispiece with oval portrait of Raphael, with three allegorical figures of the Arts supporting the tablet at center, 1675

Plate 5: The Tomb of Mausolus, from The Seven Wonders of The World, 1608

Diploma for the Freemasons of Bordeaux, after Francois Boucher, 1766

Portrait of Robert de Cotte, 1722. Creator: Pierre Drevet
Portrait of Robert de Cotte, 1722

Della Trasportatione dell Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo, 1590

Implements Animated, Pl. 1, Dedicated to the Carpenters and Gardeners of Great Britain, 1811

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637), ca. 1622. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
Lucas van Uffel (died 1637), ca. 1622

Sir Christopher Wren, (mid 18th century). Creator: B Cole
Sir Christopher Wren, (mid 18th century). Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, designer, astronomer and geometrician (1632-1723)

The Revd. George Costard. M. A. (1805). Creator: Unknown
The Revd. George Costard. M.A. (1805). Portrait of English astronomical writer George Costard (1710-1782) describing a circle on a piece of paper with a pair of compasses

The Christmas Camp on the Plateau, December 1908, (1909). Artist: Ernest Shackleton
The Christmas Camp on the Plateau. The figures from left to right are [Jameson] Adams, [Eric] Marshall and [Frank] Wild. The frost can be seen on the mens faces, December 1908, (1909)

Lieut. E. R. G. R. Evans Surveying With The Four-Inch Theodolite, October 1911, (1913)
Lieut. E. R. G. R. Evans Surveying With The Four-Inch Theodolite Which Was Used To Locate The South Pole, October 1911, (1913)

Eyes of the Army, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Eyes of the Army, 1941. A soldier keeps the enemy in his sights. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Artist: JT Wedgwood
James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Brindley (1716-1772) rests a hand on a theodolite

Sir Christopher Wren, 1711. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller
Sir Christopher Wren, 1711. Wren (1632-1723) is best remembered for his rebuilding of St Pauls Cathedral and numerous other churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666)

Crugers azimuth quadrant, 1673 (1956). Artist: A Steck
Crugers azimuth quadrant, 1673 (1956). Peter Cruger (1580-1639) was a German mathematician, astronomer and polymath. He taught the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius

Five inch theodolite, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

Elevation of Troughtons dividing engine, 18th century, (1886). Until the 1770s, scales on scientific instruments had been marked out by skilled craftsmen in a process called dividing

A German man of letters, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
A German man of letters, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix

Building master Hieronymus of Augsburg, 1506, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Building master Hieronymus of Augsburg, 1506, (1936). Found in the collection of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany

The Astronomer, 19th century. Artist: R Bell
The Astronomer, 19th century

John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, (1870). Napier (1550-1617) is most remembered as the inventor of logarithms and the calculation tool known as Napiers Bones

Allegory of Mathematics, early 17th century. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi
Allegory of Mathematics, early 17th century. Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644). Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Kaluga

Rene Descartes, 1775. Artist: J Collyer
Rene Descartes, 1775. Eighteenth century engraving of French philosopher and mathematician Descartes (1596-1650) who is regarded as one of the great figures in the history of Western thought

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