After finishing the 1618 Demi-cross reconstruction I continued with yet another navigational instrument that no longer exists: the hoekboog or "double triangle". It is not known who invented the hoekboog, but alike the demi-cross it has been mainly depicted by Blaeu in the early years of its existence (see figure 2).¹

The instrument is of the same size and has similar features as the Davis Quadrant, but has chords instead of arches. The chords are divided in 60 (upper triangle, see figure 4) and 30 degrees (lower triangle, see figure 8), a ratio also found on period Davis Quadrants.

Although the instrument has been described for at least 91 years by a variety of authors, only two fragments of them survived. Based on these fragments and the descriptions and images found in those period works I made this reconstruction.

After four years of research, I finally was confident enough to create two different versions of the instrument, which took me about 70 hours each. Now the instruments should be a 95% accurate reconstruction of the originals, showing two stages in its development. The difference between them is the width of the main beam (see figure 6). Initially the instrument was made with a half an inch wide main beam, but during the 17^th century this was increased by about 50%.

Materials used on this reproduction are ebony for the frame and scales and pear wood for the vanes. In addition to that the horizon vane is painted white on one side (see figure 5 and figure 6).

An article on the instrument has been published in the March 2011 edition of the Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society.¹