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William Wallace's Chorograph (1839): A Rare Mathematical Instrument (2010)

Craik, Alex D. D. (Author)

British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Volume: 25
Pages: 23--31

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In 1839, William Wallace, Edinburgh University's newly retired professor of mathematics, invented the chorograph, a mathematical instrument for use in cartography and navigation. This instrument, owned by a descendant of Wallace, has recently come to light. As it failed to replace the station pointer, no other copies are known to have survived. Its mode of operation and its merits and demerits are here described.

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Description On a mathematical instrument for use in cartography and navigation.

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