Object Details
- Description
- This mahogany veneered case is fastened with metal hooks and lined with black velvet. The top has a green sticker marked: 14. An L-square, ruler, case for pencil leads, and compass attachments appear to be missing from inside the case. The instruments that remain in the set include:
- 1) 6-1/8" steel, German silver, and ivory drawing pen. The handle is broken.
- 2) 4-1/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable pen and needle points.
- 3) 7/8" German silver joint tightener.
- 4) 5" German silver and steel fixed-leg dividers.
- 5) 5-3/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable pen point, pencil point, and lengthening bar.
- According to the donor, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey acquired the instruments on September 24, 1912, and last issued them to an employee on January 19, 1927. No sets like this one were found in Keuffel & Esser, Dietzgen, or Gurley catalogs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
- 1912
- ID Number
- MA.309654
- catalog number
- 309654
- accession number
- 106954
- Object Name
- drawing instruments, set of
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- german silver (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 cm x 24.6 cm x 11 cm; 1 3/16 in x 9 11/16 in x 4 11/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
- Record ID
- nmah_1215152
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9d8a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
