Difference between revisions of "James Kynvyn"
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[[Image:JD 2017 Florence09.jpg|thumb|1597 Proportional instrument on display at the [[Museo Galileo (Florence)]]. See [https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/catalogue.php?Sort=Place&ENumber=43237 here] or [https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/NauticalInstrument.html here] for information]] | [[Image:JD 2017 Florence09.jpg|thumb|1597 Proportional instrument on display at the [[Museo Galileo (Florence)]]. See [https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/catalogue.php?Sort=Place&ENumber=43237 here] or [https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/NauticalInstrument.html here] for information]] | ||
James Kynvyn or Kynfin. | |||
Instrument maker based near St. Paul's Cathedral, and active between 1569 and 1610. Instruments included graphometers, compasses, and quadrants. The [[Museo Galileo (Florence)]] has four of his instruments<ref>[https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/JamesKynvyn.html] Museo Galileo website, James Kynvyn webpage </ref>, while the British Museum and the [[Museum of the History of Science]] in Oxford each have one instrument<ref>[https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/maker.php?MakerID=70] Epact website - James Kynvyn</ref> | Instrument maker based near St. Paul's Cathedral, and active between 1569 and 1610. Instruments included graphometers, compasses, and quadrants. The [[Museo Galileo (Florence)]] has four of his instruments<ref>[https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/JamesKynvyn.html] Museo Galileo website, James Kynvyn webpage </ref>, while the British Museum and the [[Museum of the History of Science]] in Oxford each have one instrument<ref>[https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/maker.php?MakerID=70] Epact website - James Kynvyn</ref> | ||
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James Kynvyn or Kynfin.
Instrument maker based near St. Paul's Cathedral, and active between 1569 and 1610. Instruments included graphometers, compasses, and quadrants. The Museo Galileo (Florence) has four of his instruments[1], while the British Museum and the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford each have one instrument[2]