For over a century, archaeologists have argued over the original purpose of the strange looking object shown above, which was discovered in 1906 in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian architect Kha. Now, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This brass semicircular protractor is ...

Egyptian artifact recently identified as world's first known protractor, via www.newscientiest.com And now a controversial look back… way back. Physicist Amelia Sparavigna recently identified an ...

MESSRS. E. R. WATTS & SON, LTD., 123 Camberwell Road, London, S.E.5, have designed and introduced a new type of bevel gauge which should prove a most valuable tool in the engineering workshop for the ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, draftsmen needed to prepare surveying and architectural drawings according to a variety of scales. Their work might call for them to reduce life-size conditions in a ...