Gramercy Bow Compass
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Gramercy Import Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The ridged cylindrical handle on this metal bow pencil is directly attached to a ring. The tops of the legs are pointed. A metal disc between the legs adjusts the width of the instrument. The bow screw is bolted inside the legs and has no nuts on the outsides of the legs. Thumbscrews on the front of one leg and the back of the other adjust the height of the needle and pencil points. The compass is marked: GRAMERCY IMPORT GERMANY.
label: Description
content: The Gramercy Import Company began operating around 1930. Robert Behrens Condon studied engineering at the University of Vermont and Columbia University in the late 1940s and early 1950s, which is probably when he purchased this instrument. He operated the New Englander Motor Inn with his politically active wife, Marie, from 1955 to 1978.
label: Description
content: Reference: "April Milestones 2012," <i>Friends Journal</i>, http://www.friendsjournal.org/dept-2012-04-milestones/.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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 Robert B. Condon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0793.03
label: accession number
content: 1991.0793
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0793.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow pencil
label: Object Name
content: compass, drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 5.4 cm x 1.2 cm; 6 5/16 in x 2 1/8 in x 15/32 in