Hearlihy 340C Set of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: 1987
notes: label: Description
content: This set is in a light blue cardboard box marked on all sides: Reißzeug • Drawing instrument set • Boîte de compass • Estuche de compases. On one end, the box is also marked: 340 C. On the other end, the box is marked: Made in West Germany. The case is cream and brown plastic, marked on the top: H (/) Hearlihy & Co. The inside is lined with blue foam and velvet and holds:
label: Description
content: 1) 6" stainless steel fixed-leg needle-point dividers with a black plastic handle covering the hinge. The front is marked: H. The back is marked: GERMANY.
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content: 2) 1-5/8" steel screwdriver with black plastic butterfly handle marked: GERMANY.
label: Description
content: 3) 6-1/4" stainless steel and black plastic bow pencil with pen and extension bar attachments. The front of the compass is marked: H. The back is marked: GERMANY.
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content: 4) 1-1/4" black and white plastic cylindrical case holding two leads.
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content: 5) 1-1/2" black plastic rectangular case holding two leads, a needle point, and a replacement adjusting screw and nut. The lid is marked: GERMANY.
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content: 6) 4-3/4" stainless steel bow pencil with needle point and pen point attachments. One leg is marked: H GERMANY.
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content: 7) 3" black plastic pen handle.
label: Description
content: Hearlihy & Co., a Springfield, Ohio, supplier of drafting instruments and developer of technology education curriculum modules founded by the donor's parents in 1969, distributed this set of drawing instruments. According to a note in the accession file, the set is original and complete even though there are at least three empty slots in the tray. The same case was used to sell different sets of instruments. The set was received new.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: Gift of Daniel A. Hearlihy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0589.04
label: accession number
content: 1987.0589
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0589.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 24.6 cm x 12.7 cm; 15/16 in x 9 11/16 in x 5 in