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Quadrant

Feliks and Tadeusz Przypkowski1948

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork
Frombork, Poland

A wooden quadrant in the shape of a square with a carefully leveled surface. A quarter of a circle has been drawn on it - an even scale of 0-90° at 10-minute intervals, signed every 5 degrees. In the center of the circle, perpendicular to the surface, there is a cylindrical peg - a gnomon, the shadow of which indicates the height of the Sun.

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  • Title: Quadrant
  • Creator: Feliks and Tadeusz Przypkowski
  • Date Created: 1948
  • Location Created: Jędrzejów, Poland
  • Physical Dimensions: 175 x 175 x 62 cm
  • Type: craftsmanship
  • Medium: wood
  • Art Genre: astronomical instrument
  • Art Form: craftsmanship
  • Support: wood
Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork

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