Plain Dividers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: These metal dividers are noticeably corroded. They are called "plain" because, although there is a screw at the top for adjusting the width to which the dividers are set, there is no second screw or hairspring on one of the legs for refining the setting. The short needle points are not removable. The upper part of the legs is indented, so that an oval is seen when the dividers are closed. The Brown University mathematics department donated these dividers to the Smithsonian in 1973.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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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 Brown University Department of Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304722.03
label: accession number
content: 1973.304722
label: catalog number
content: 304722.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dividers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 17.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 13/32 in x 6 7/8 in x 19/32 in