What happened in the 1690s?
📡 1693 - Invention of the Dividing Engine: Important tool for accurate mechanical engraving, improving precision in scientific instruments.
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Dividing engine - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The Dividing Engine (surveyhistory.org)
Dividing Engine | Time and Navigation - Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
Dividing engine | Dividing Head, Precision Machining & Calibration (britannica.com)
Dividing engine - Museo Galileo (museogalileo.it)
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants (org.uk)
Jesse Ramsden and his Dividing Engine | The Nautical Sextant (sextantbook.com)
Circular dividing engine | Practical Machinist (practicalmachinist.com)
Engineering: An Introduction for High School - UFDC Image Array 2 (ufl.edu)