Sheets, Translations of Letters from the Société Genèvoise
date: label: date made
content: 1910-1911
name: label: maker
content: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
label: maker
content: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
notes: label: Description
content: This is a a translation of a letter from the "Geneva Society" of 6 December, 1911. Revisions are marked in red. A drawing is attached to the last page.
label: Description
content: The correspondence relates to a circular dividing engine with museum number 1987.0036.01. (catalog number 328270). The message indicates that the engive was shipped on November 30, 1911, and describes the tests of it made by the manufacturer and proper procedures of use.
label: Description
content: Documentation relating to the machine has numbers 1987.0036.02 through 1987.0036.16.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Ruling and Dividing Engines
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0036.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0036.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.4 cm x 26.8 cm; 8 1/32 in x 10 9/16 in