Japanese Protractor, 1876 World's Fair
date: label: date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: This brass circular protractor is divided by single degrees and marked every thirty degrees in the clockwise direction with Japanese characters facing outwards and representing the Chinese zodiac: mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. Four arms extend toward the center of the protractor and meet around an open circle 3 cm. in diameter. The circle is open, except for a protrusion containing a pinhole at the origin point.
label: Description
content: The Japanese Empire Department of Education assembled an extensive exhibit of books, reports, examinations, maps, photographs, paintings, classroom equipment, medical apparatus, and drawing instruments for the 1876 World's Fair, the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Five types of protractors were included in the display, two of which survive in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
label: Description
content: See also ID Number MA.261305.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Protractor
label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Protractors
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.261306
label: accession number
content: 51116
label: catalog number
content: 261306
objectType: label: Object Name
content: protractor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 10.8 cm x 10.8 cm; 3/32 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in