Instrument for Aeronautical Calculations, Crocco Flessigrafo
Instrument for Aeronautical Calculations, Crocco Flessigrafo
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- Description
- This instrument was used to trace the main section of a semi-rigid housing of an aircraft. It is based on the design of the Italian aeronautical engineer Gaetano Arturo Crocco (1877-1968). A version of the instrument is shown in Crocco’s collected works, and dated around 1912. The illustration there shows a glass lens that does not seem to be in this example.
- The object is in a wooden case.
- References:
- G. Arturo Crocco, Problemi Aeronautici Dalgli Albori Fino Alla Guerra, Rome: Dott. Palo Cremonese, 1933, Plate XX (opposite page 365).
- Umberto D'Aquino, "Crocco, Gaetano Arturo," Biographical Dictionary of Italians, 31 (1985).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing instrument
- date made
- ca 1912
- maker
- Crocco, Gaetano Arturo
- place made
- Italy
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (case material)
- cloth (lining material)
- glass (level cover material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28.2 cm x 68 cm x 49.5 cm; 11 3/32 in x 26 25/32 in x 19 1/2 in
- ID Number
- MA.271855.04
- accession number
- 271855
- catalog number
- 271855.04
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
- subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Single Drawing Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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