meilograph – Three Points of the Compass

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Map measure of the month: Model D13777- the Discovery Channel ‘deluxe map measurer with compass’

The Discovery Channel 'deluxe map measurer with compass' is a simple instrument with design faults

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Map measure of the month: the Vistascreen Pathfinder

The Vistascreen Pathfinder is a very simple map measure with clues to it's origins

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Map measure of the month: HB Curvimètre ‘Model No. 54M’

HB Curvimetre 54M- 'for the fast and precise measurement of lengths, straight or curved lines- on plans and drawings'

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Map Measure of the Month: the Enbeeco “opisometer” No. 102

This is a ‘middle-of-the-road’ map measure masquerading as a quality […]

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Map measure of the month: the Vistascreen ‘BP Super’

The Vistascreen map measure is a cheaply made item promoting BP Super fuel

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Map measure of the month: HB Curvimetre ‘Model No. 52 mesures anglaises’

The French manufactured HB Curvimetre 52 MA is a robustly made map measurer "pour mesures anglaises"

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Map measure of the month: Société des Lunetiers Curvimeter

The Société des Lunetiers Curvimeter is a simply made yet effective map measurer from a time of fraternal co-operation between French master craftsmen

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Map measure of the month: the Radix

The Radix Map Measurer was invented by Louis J Petion. The simple pen-shape design is its greatest fault

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Map measurer of the month: the Silva scale lanyard

The scale lanyard from compass manufacturer Silva is an interesting innovation but ultimately a failure in design

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Map measurer of the month- the Mile-O-Graph

The Mile-O-Graph is an intuitive map measurer introduced in the 1950s

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Map measurer of the month: The Roller Rule- “The Pencil with a Brain”

The Roller Rule was invented by John Hoe Morehead of […]

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Map Measurer of the month- Pif gadget No. 342 ‘le curvimètre’

Pif gadget was a French magazine for children that included […]

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Map measurer of the month- Stanford’s opisometer

An opisometer is a curious instrument. As soon as you […]

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Map measurers

Map measurer, opisometer, curvimetre, mile-o-graph, meilograph, chartometer, call them what you will, in the era of digital mapping, who uses such an antique analogue object today? Well, Three Points of […]