Pantograph
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: W. & S. Jones
notes: label: Description
content: A pantograph is a mechanical device for copying images. The "W. & S. Jones” inscription on this example is that of a firm that was in business in London from 1791 to 1859, offering a wide range of mathematical, optical, and philosophical instruments. According to the accession file, this is one of a group of objects made in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Hence the rough date assigned. The file also indicates that the pantograph was used by the U.S. Coast Survey for plotting courses.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Pantographs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Haverford College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0745.04
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0745.04
label: accession number
content: 1981.0745
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pantograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (box): 3 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 28 in; 9.525 cm x 14.2875 cm x 71.12 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 27 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 10.16 cm x 70.8025 cm x 14.2875 cm