Ruling Pen

Description:

This 4-7/8" steel pen has twin blades whose line thickness is adjusted by a screw. The pen is not marked. Similar ruling pens first appeared in Europe at the beginning of the 18th century.

References: Maya Hambly, Drawing Instruments, 1580–1980 (London: Sotheby's Publications, 1988), 57–58.

Sotheby & Company, Catalogue of a Collection of Scientific Instruments, the Property of the Late Henry Russel Wray, London, 1959 (a copy of the catalogue is in the accession file).

Date Made: 18th century

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Europe

Subject: Drawing Instruments

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Pens and Pencils, Science & Mathematics

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.316935Accession Number: 228694Catalog Number: 316935

Object Name: pen

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: .7 cm x 12 cm x .7 cm; 9/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 9/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6507-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904285

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