Map Measure, Dietzgen 1715-4
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
name: label: distributor
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: This measure has the shape of a pocket watch, with a wheel at the bottom which can run along the line to be measured. A long hand rotates counterclockwise to indicate the number of feet represented on the plan, assuming that one quarter of an inch equals one foot. Two smaller dials indicate hundreds and thousands of feet. Pressing down a button at the top of the instrument zeros it. The device fits in a cardboard box.
label: Description
content: A mark on the back of the instrument reads: DIETZGEN (/) SWISS. A mark on a tag attached to the top of the cardboard box reads: DIETZGEN (/) 1715-4 (/) ONE ONLY (/) PLAN (/) MEASURE (/) TO REGISTER FEET (/) ON PLANS 1/4" TO THE FT. A mark stamped on one end of the box reads: SWITZERLAND (/) No 1864.
label: Description
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company of Chicago sold map measures from at least 1910, and introduced this model in March,1952. How long it sold is not known. This example was used by the electrical engineer Robert H. Wieler (1923-1993), who worked for Sperry Gyroscope, for Colt Firearms, and for Abraham Strauss.
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content: References:
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content: Accession File.
label: Description
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company, <I>Price List No. 28</I>, Chicago, March, 1952, p. 18. The map measure sold for $12, or $100.80 per dozen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
label: place distributed
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Single Drawing Instruments
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norma P. Wieler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0032.05
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0032.05
label: accession number
content: 1998.0032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Map Measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case, button, dial material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (face material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 4.8 cm x 7.6 cm; 25/32 in x 1 7/8 in x 3 in