Leads and Needle Points in Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
notes: label: Description
content: This 1-3/4" cylindrical metal case holds three pencil leads and three needle points for dividers. Leads and needle points were needed for drawing compasses and mechanical pencils used in engineering drawing; one often found a case like this in a set of drafting instruments. William J. Ellenberger (1908–2008) owned these objects. For his biography, see 1981.0933.25.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Pens and Pencils
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William J. Ellenberger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0933.26
label: accession number
content: 1981.0933
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0933.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leads and points in case
label: Object Name
content: pencil leads, needle points, lead case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.8 cm x .6 cm x .6 cm; 1 7/8 in x 1/4 in x 1/4 in