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| Cornelius Vinch |
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| Cornelius Vinch (or Vinckx, fl. 1599-1623) was an Antwerp-born instrument maker who worked in Naples. He made astrolabes, sundials, cross staffs and astronomical compendia. In 1601 he made an armillary sphere for Camillo Gonzaga, Count of Novellara.
| | For instruments by Cornelius Vinch, see: | | |
 Armillary Sphere, Signed by Cornelius Vinch, Naples, Dated 1601 (Oxford, MHS) |
| Astrolabe, Signed by Cornelius Vinch, Naples, Dated 1599 (London, BM) |
| Astrolabe, Signed by Cornelius Vinch, Italian, Dated 1600 (London, BM) |
| References:
E. Zinner, Deutsche und Niederl?ndische astronomische Instrumente des 11. bis 18. Jahrhunderts (2nd ed., Munich, 1967), pp. 570-1; V. A. Rasquin, Dictionnaire des Constructeurs Belges d'Instruments Scientifiques (les origines ? 1914) (Brussels, 1996), pp. 96-7; K. van Cleempoel, in K. van Cleempoel et al, Instrumentos Cientificos del Siglo XVI: la Corte Espa?ola y la Escuela de Lovaina (Madrid, 1997), pp. 162-3, and 212-3 [pp. 109, and 131-2 in the English summary].
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