Dietzgen 738C Bow Compass with Pen Point
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
name: label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: This steel instrument has a needle point on one leg and a pen point on the other. A cross-hatched handle is attached to a ring, which in turn is attached to the legs. A screw goes through both legs, with the nut for setting the compass at a desired width outside the leg with the needle point. Additional thumbscrews allow adjusting of the needle and pen points.
label: Description
content: The instrument appears to be a Champion Bow Pen, model number 738C, advertised in 1926 by the Eugene Dietzgen Company of Chicago. The leg with the needle point has handwriting: P M LARSEN. Engraved on the other leg is the word EXCELLO and the Dietzgen logo.
label: Description
content: Reference: <i>Catalog of Eugene Dietzgen Co.</i>, 12th ed. (Chicago, 1926), 59, 74.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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 William J. Ellenberger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0933.22
label: accession number
content: 1981.0933
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0933.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow pen
label: Object Name
content: compass, drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 4 cm x 1 cm; 4 11/32 in x 1 9/16 in x 13/32 in