Pantograph
date: label: date made
content: 1822-1847
name: label: maker
content: Davis, Gabriel
notes: label: Description
content: This brass pantograph consists of four rods. These rods are marked near their ends as follows: B; D; [nothing]; C. The adjacent B and D rods are both marked with scales that range from 1-2 to 1 to 12. There are screwed slides for them (one is loose in the case) which have holders for points. The C rod also has a round holder, but it does not slide. Two short brass rods (one a tracer point) fit in grooves in the lid. The pantograph moves over the paper on six ivory-colored wheels. No weight. No pencil point. A mark on one arm reads: G. Davis / Optician / LEEDS.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.317868, MA.327891, MA.334888, and 2005.0182.8.
label: Description
content: The inscription is that of Gabriel Davis, an optician in Leeds who was active from 1822 to 1847. While this pantograph was sold by Davis, it was probably made by Cary.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Gloria Clifton, <I>Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851</I>, p. 78.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Leeds, Leeds
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Pantographs
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Burndy Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0182.8
label: accession number
content: 2005.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0182.8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pantograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (instrument material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hooks material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.7 cm x 81.5 cm x 15 cm; 4 3/16 in x 32 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 3/8 in x 32 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 81.5975 cm x 14.605 cm