Drawing Pen
- Description
- This 5-3/8" steel, German silver, and black plastic drawing pen is marked on its adjusting screw: 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |8.
- The donor, Sebastian J. Tralongo (1928–2007), served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then worked for the Vitro Corporation in Rockville, Md., for 35 years. He patented a device for signaling from deeply submerged submarines. This pen was received with several other drawing instruments in a wooden box, 1984.1071.13.
- References: "Tralongo, Sebastian James 'Subby'," Hartford Courant, May 26, 2007; Sebastian J. Tralongo, "Submarine Signal Device" (U.S. Patent 2,989,024 issued June 20, 1961); "Vitro Corp. – Company Profile," http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/25/Vitro-Corp.html.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- mid 20th century
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- german silver (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x .7 cm x 1.4 cm; 5 5/16 in x 9/32 in x 9/16 in
- ID Number
- 1984.1071.07
- accession number
- 1984.1071
- catalog number
- 1984.1071.07
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sebastian J. Tralongo
- subject
- Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- Drafting, Engineering
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Pens and Pencils
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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