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Vopel Compendium
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Vopel Compendium

Vopel, Caspar · ca 1540 · brass (overall material)

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This is a complex brass instrument, consisting of a nocturnal, a sundial, a lunar aspectarium, and a geometrical quadrant. The maker, Caspar Vopel (1511-1561), taught mathematics in Cologne and studied cosmography. He made a number of armillary spheres and globes.

National Museum of American History’s own description
Subjects
compendiumMedicine and Science: Mathematics
Credit lineVopel Compendium. ca 1540. Vopel, Caspar. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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