NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE DRAWING-ROOM. Share full article. From the Home Journal. Oct. 27, 1865; Credit... The New York Times Archives.

ScoreLight is a one-of-a-kind musical instrument that scans objects with laser technology and produces sound based on their shape and color.

By the 17th century, European makers of scientific instruments also sold drawing and calculating tools in sets. These were typically made of wood, often covered with leather, and came in sizes and ...

Drawing instruments have been essential to mathematics, architecture, surveying, navigation, engineering design, and other technical endeavors from antiquity through the 20th century, although ...