Pocket Case of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden pocket case is covered with black sharkskin and lined with yellow paper. The set of brass and steel instruments includes: two drawing pens; a small drawing compass with a pen point; and large dividers with pen point and pencil point attachments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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 Lawrence L. Lemire
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.333924
label: accession number
content: 304215
label: catalog number
content: 333924
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case closed: 17.7 cm x 6.3 cm x 3.4 cm; 6 31/32 in x 2 15/32 in x 1 11/32 in