Intertech Bow Compass Sold by Hearlihy & Co.
date: label: date made
content: 1987
name: label: maker
content: Intertech Drawing Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This green zinc alloy instrument has a black plastic handle. Silver metal adjusting bolts set the width of the instrument and the length of the needle and pencil points. The front of the handle is marked with the letter H. The back of the handle is marked: GERMANY. A gray and clear plastic envelope has a black and white plastic tube with two replacement pencil leads. The front of the case is marked in gold: H (/) Hearlihy & Co (/) Springfield, Ohio (/) 404. The flap for the case fastens on the back and is marked: Western Germany.
label: Description
content: For information on the manufacturer and distributor, see 1987.0589.01. On this example, the adjusting bolts for the points are on the front and back of the instrument, instead of on the outside of each leg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brunn
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Dividers and Compasses
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: 1987.0589.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0589
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0589.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow compass
label: Object Name
content: compass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: zinc alloy (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.1 cm x 8.2 cm x 22 cm; 13/16 in x 3 7/32 in x 8 21/32 in