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Trigonometry in the Plane

Trigonometers

American History Museum

From at least the nineteenth century, inventors devised special instruments for finding values of trigonometric functions. These were made for the drawing table, the battlefield, and the classroom.


Holometer of Brunel

Lyman Protracting Trigonometer Signed Crane & Vinton

Lyman Protracting Trigonometer Signed Heller & Brightly

Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

Photograph of Exhibit of Work of Frank Crampton at Cochise College

Blueprint for Crampton Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

Photocopy of a Photograph Showing the Crampton Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

Photocopy of Photograph Relating to Crampton Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

Trigonometric Computing Device - Trigonograph

Trigonometer for Use with Artillery

Sliding Chart for Trigonometry - Triangulator

Leaflet on the Triangulator

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