Curve Template
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: This flat rounded steel shape has was used by Carl Marius Christian Christensen Hostrup (1870-1950), a Danish-born cabinetmaker who came to the United States in 1889, soon settled in Clinton, Iowa, became a U.S. citizen in 1895, and spent the rest of his working life in Clinton. The shape of the outside curve idiffers from that of irregular curves sold by Keuffel & Esser, Dietzgen, and Queen.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Accession file.
label: Description
content: U.S. Census records, Iowa State Census Records, Clinton, Iowa, City Directories.
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: Curves
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In Memory of Carl M. Hostrup
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.327330
label: accession number
content: 266152
label: catalog number
content: 327330
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Curve
label: Object Name
content: curve template
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 15.7 cm x 9 cm; 1/32 in x 6 3/16 in x 3 17/32 in