Set of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: 1912
notes: label: Description
content: 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:
label: Description
content: 1) 6-1/8" steel, German silver, and ivory drawing pen. The handle is broken.
label: Description
content: 2) 4-1/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable pen and needle points.
label: Description
content: 3) 7/8" German silver joint tightener.
label: Description
content: 4) 5" German silver and steel fixed-leg dividers.
label: Description
content: 5) 5-3/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable pen point, pencil point, and lengthening bar.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Drawing Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.309654
label: catalog number
content: 309654
label: accession number
content: 106954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 24.6 cm x 11 cm; 1 3/16 in x 9 11/16 in x 4 11/32 in