Product Description for Wetli & Starke Planimeter No. 44

Description:

This flyer is printed in German and torn in several places. It describes the capabilities of 1986.0633.01, a wheel and disc planimeter invented in the mid-19th century. It was printed by Carl Gerold & Son in Vienna and is marked in ink: Draht No. 4. Although its draft number is higher than that marked on 1986.0633.02, this copy has numerous editing marks. Changes in the text suggest that this flyer predates 1986.0633.02. It is signed Chr. Starke, presumably Georg Christoph Starke (1794–1865), the manufacturer of the Wetli & Starke Planimeter.

The photograph also shows 1986.0633.02, a newer copy of the flyer; three tacks and a key that were found in the case for 1986.0633.01; and a heavy spring around a bolt with a hook that was received with the object but apparently does not belong to it.

Date Made: 1851-1854

Maker: Starke, Christoph

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna

Subject: MathematicsSurveying

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Planimeters, Science & Mathematics

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0633.03Accession Number: 1986.0633Catalog Number: 1986.0633.03

Object Name: sheet

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 28 cm x 21.5 cm; 11 1/32 in x 8 15/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-35ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904617

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