Dietzgen 736B Bow Compass with Pencil Point

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Description:

This steel and German silver instrument has a needle point on one leg and a holder for a pencil lead on the other. The handle has vertical ridges above a single line of raised metal dots. The width of the compass is adjusted with a pin through the legs and a wheel around the pin between the legs. Additional thumbscrews allow adjusting of the needle and pencil points. The instrument appears to be a Federal Bow Pencil, model number 736B, advertised in 1926 by the Eugene Dietzgen Company of Chicago.

Reference: Catalog of Eugene Dietzgen Co., 12th ed. (Chicago, 1926), 60, 74.

Date Made: ca 1926

Maker: Eugene Dietzgen Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: MathematicsDrawing Instruments

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics, Dividers and Compasses

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of William J. Ellenberger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0933.21Accession Number: 1981.0933Catalog Number: 1981.0933.21

Object Name: bow pencilcompass, drawingOther Terms: bow pencil; Steelspring

Physical Description: lead (overall material)german silver (overall material)steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9.3 cm x 2 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 21/32 in x 25/32 in x 19/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-37d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904324

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