View of a Fortress with Compass Rose
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Andreas Albrecht, Perspektive (Nürnberg: Paulus Fürsten, 1621), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, T 122, folded page.
Author Archive
Sampurna Chattarji: Doing Words
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Spoon eyes infinity
Star shoots cannonball
Girl skirts skeleton
Magnet sails stone
Words doing words
Unbutton slowly
This bed will travel far
Magnetic Globe with Pointers
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
A magnetic globe with pointers (versoria). Versoria are needles that give evidence to the lines of magnetic force of that globe. [ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, p. 13.
Becoming a Pointer
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Georg Agricola (1494–1555), Vom Bergwerck (Basel: Jeronymus Froben und Niclausen Bischoff, 1557), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, ZB Res 321, p. 105.
Sticks Help to Find the Poles of a Magnetic Stone that’s Round Like a Globe
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
After 1558? Drawing in the translation of Peregrinus’ letter made by Filippo Pigafetta (1533-1604), manuscript: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, published by Sturlese*, p. 94.
Dividing a Magnetic Stone
Saturday, March 12th, 2011
1591. Giambattista Porta, Magiae Naturalis Libri Viginti (Here: Johannis Berthelin: 1650), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, ZB Z 153, p. 288.
Measuring the World – Preparing for a shot
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Instruments for shaping the view and preparing for target setting. Sebastian Münster, Rudimenta mathematica (Basel: Henricus Petri, 1551), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, T 131, Title.