MPS A I 44

Museum: Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Online Collection

Title: Sector

Inventory number: MPS A I 44

Place, Date: probably Dresden, around 1630

Material and technique: Brass, gold-plated, engraved, punched

Dimensions: Length = 33,8 cm (limb lenght = 31,7 cm); width = 8,0 cm (limb width = 4,0 cm); thickness = 0,88 cm

Notes: Metallic Symbols on a pair of radial scales listed as "Linea Metallorum"

Measurements of Scales (in mm)

"Linea Metallorum" 

Upper limb (when reading left to right)

Gold (Sun)

100

Lead (Saturn)

115

Silver (Moon)

121

Copper (Venus)

126

Tin (Jupiter)

133

Iron (Mars)

134

Mar: ["Marmor"?]

186

Stein

211

Lower limb

Gold (Sun)

110

Lead (Saturn)

115

Silver (Moon)

121

Copper (Venus)

126

Tin (Jupiter)

133

Iron

134

Mar: ["Marmor"?]

186

Stein

211