Sheet, Division en 6 Parties
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet, written in pencil, describes ways of subdividing scales into different numbers of parts using circular dividing engine MA.323870. In particular it discusses division into six parts, division into three pars, division to half a degree, and division ito a quarter of a degree.
label: Description
content: It is part of the documentation for the dividing iengine MA.328870 - documents relating to the machine have numbers 1987.0036.02 through 1987.0036.16.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1987.0036.06
label: accession number
content: 1987.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0036.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.8 cm x 20.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 8 3/16 in