Record Bow Compass
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The pen and needle points (including its screw) are missing from this steel instrument. Because the pen point may be removed, this instrument is not like other bow pens in the collections. A disc for adjusting the width of the instrument is on a screw between the legs. A cylindrical ridged handle is directly attached to a ring inserted into the legs. The leg that would have the pen attachment is marked: R<u>ECORD</u>. The object was received with several other instruments in a wooden box, 1984.1071.13. Compare to 1984.1071.10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 Sebastian J. Tralongo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1071.11
label: accession number
content: 1984.1071
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1071.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: compass, drawing
label: Object Name
content: compass
label: Object Name
content: bow compass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 3.4 cm x 1.1 cm; 4 1/32 in x 1 11/32 in x 7/16 in