Needle Point
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This metal object has vertical scrolling on its upper part and horizontal scrolling on a collar near the needle point. It would have fit onto one leg of a drawing instrument, such as a compass, and it probably dates to the early 20th century.
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 William J. Ellenberger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0933.27
label: accession number
content: 1981.0933
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0933.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needle point
label: Object Name
content: compass, drawing (partial)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x .6 cm x .6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1/4 in x 1/4 in