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Pantographs

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Christoph Scheiner 1600s 1600-1650 Uses mechanical linkages Uses a pointer Uses machine-held stylus Makes copies Enlarges Reduces Used for design drafting From a treatise or monograph

Pantograph

Christoph Scheiner

1608

The original pantograph. Invented in 1608, but not published until 1631 in Pantographice.

Source: Pantographice (Rome, 1631)