Magazine Case of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
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content: This polished wooden case has an unmarked brass plate on the lid. A lock is on the front of the case, which is lined with blue velvet. The top tray holds:
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content: 1) 2-1/8" metal joint tightener.
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content: 2) One 6-1/4" and two 5-1/4" German silver and ivory drawing pens.
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content: 3) 4-7/8" German silver and ivory dotting pen.
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content: 4) 1-5/8" metal straight pin.
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content: 5) 2-3/4" and 3-3/4" German silver and steel pencil points and pen points, none of which appear to fit any of the drawing compasses in the case.
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content: 6) 4-1/4" German silver and steel dividers with bendable legs.
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content: 7) 5-1/4" German silver and steel dividers. The removable leg is broken.
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content: 8) 3" steel and ivory bow pencil and bow dividers.
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content: 9) 2-3/4" steel and ivory bow pen.
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content: 10) Two 9/16" metal thumbtacks marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co.
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content: 11) Three 7/16" metal thumbtacks.
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content: The second tray holds:
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content: 1) 2" German silver beam compass with steel needle, pen, pencil, and divider points. There is no connecting beam for the compass.
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content: 2) 4-1/2" German silver and ivory opsimeter (measuring wheel).
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content: 3) 3-3/4" brass semicircular protractor divided to single degrees and numbered by tens in both directions from 0 to 180.
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content: 4) 4-7/8" and 4" steel and wood lettering pens. The lettering point on the longer pen is marked: &C2. The lettering point on the shorter pen is marked: 6 (/) JOSEPH.
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content: 5) Sixteen metal lettering pen nibs of various sizes. Eight are marked: JOSEPH GILLOT'S (/) CROW QUILL. Four are marked: C. BRANDAUER (/) BIRMINGHAM. Two are marked: M. L. LEMAN'S (/) EXTRA LINE. One is marked: ELLSWORTH PEN (/) D. APPLETON & C<u>o</u> (/) NEW YORK E F. One is marked: HARRISON (/) 505 (/) BRADFORD.
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content: 6) 1-1/8" steel and brass pen point.
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content: 7) Paintbrush with broken clear plastic handle.
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content: Loose in the three-sectioned bottom of the case are:
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content: 1) 5-1/8" German silver extension bar that does not appear to fit the dividers in the top tray.
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content: 2) Two wood and graphite pencils, one of which is marked: A. W. FABER. N<u>o</u> I. There are also five sharpened end pieces of wooden pencils.
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content: 3) 6-1/2" wooden art stick.
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content: 4) 1" green rubber eraser marked: NEWMAN'S (/) EMERALD GREEN (/) SOHO SQUARE. There are also two pieces of red eraser and an unidentifiable hardened gray piece.
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content: 5) 1-1/8" metal key.
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content: 6) Folded piece of paper with red ink powder.
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content: 7) 1-5/8" red and blue crayons. There are also numerous broken pieces of crayons and pencil leads.
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content: The donors' family was prominent in the history of American science. John William Draper (1811–1882) was a chemist who also made innovations in photography. He had three sons: John C. Draper (1835–1885), who was a physician and chemist; Henry Draper (1837–1882), who was an astronomical photographer; and Daniel Draper (1841–1931), who established the New York Meteorological Observatory in Central Park in 1868 and directed it until 1911.
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content: References: William Ford Stanley, <i>Mathematical Drawing and Measuring Instruments</i>, 6th ed. (London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1888), 288; "Brandauer Timeline," http://brandauer.co.uk/timeline/; Robert S. Harding and Jeffrey L. Tate, "Draper Family Collection, ca. 1826–1936," Archives Center, National Museum of American History, http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/d8121.htm.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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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: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335355
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content: 304826
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content: 335355
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: brass (overall material)
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content: german silver (overall material)
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content: steel (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: graphite (overall material)
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content: fabric (overall material)
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content: overall: 7.5 cm x 23.5 cm x 15.3 cm; 2 15/16 in x 9 1/4 in x 6 1/32 in