Dietzgen 736B Bow Compass with Pencil Point
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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bow pencil
- compass, drawing
- Other Terms
- bow pencil; Steelspring
- date made
- ca 1926
- maker
- Eugene Dietzgen Company
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- 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
- ID Number
- 1981.0933.21
- accession number
- 1981.0933
- catalog number
- 1981.0933.21
- Credit Line
- Gift of William J. Ellenberger
- subject
- Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Dividers and Compasses
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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