Sheet Relating to Société Genèvoise Dividing Engine, Sextant Vernier Readings
notes: label: Description
content: This section of a sheet of graph paper contains handwritten columns comparing the number of divisions read off of a vernier for different measured angles. One division of the vernier corresponds to 7' 22.5" or arc.
label: Description
content: This is part of the documentation for the circular dividing engine with museum number MA.328870.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Ruling and Dividing Engines
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0036.11
label: accession number
content: 1987.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0036.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.5 cm x 24.3 cm; 4 17/32 in x 9 9/16 in