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  1. Pantograph - Wikipedia

    A pantograph (from Greek παντ- 'all, every' and γραφ- 'to write', from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the …

  2. Pantographs - National Museum of American History

    The pantograph is a drawing instrument used to enlarge and reduce figures. It was devised by the Jesuit astronomer and mathematician Christoph Scheiner in 1603 and described by him in a 1631 …

  3. PANTOGRAPH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PANTOGRAPH is an instrument for copying something (such as a map) on a predetermined scale consisting of four light rigid bars jointed in parallelogram form; also : any of …

  4. Pantograph | Drawing, Tracing, Copying | Britannica

    The links in a pantograph may be arranged in other ways, but they all contain a parallelogram. Pantographs are used for reducing or enlarging engineering drawings and maps and for guiding …

  5. How a Pantograph Works - Clark Science Center

    A pantograph has one fixed point O (the “Origin”), and two special points P and Q. It has the property that Q traces an enlarged, or "scale" copy of whatever P traces.

  6. Pantographs - design-encyclopedia.com

    Pantographs are mechanical devices used to copy or scale drawings, maps, or other images. The word pantograph comes from the Greek words pantos meaning all and grapho meaning to write.

  7. Urban Elementz: Pantographs / Quilting

    Sewing / Quilting / CraftsWelcome to Urban Elementz Quilting, sewing and creating provide a perfect medium for synthesizing past, present and future. Urban Elementz has been dedicated since 2004 to …