Bow Dividers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: This steel and brass instrument is called a bow divider because the nut on the side may be tightened or loosened to hold the instrument at a desired width. This example is similar to one sold by Keuffel & Esser, although the top of the handle is different. There is no maker's mark.
label: Description
content: Reference: <i>Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co. </i>, 33rd ed. (New York, 1909), 62.
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 Ruth A. Ming
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2110.12
label: accession number
content: 1978.2110
label: catalog number
content: 336738
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dividers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 7.1 cm x 1.6 cm; 5/16 in x 2 25/32 in x 5/8 in