Pamphlet, Historical Note on Drawing Instruments
Pamphlet, Historical Note on Drawing Instruments
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- Description
- This small illustrated pamphlet, published by drawing manufacturer VEMCO, gives a history od drawing instruments from the Egyptians to the mid-twentieth century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Pamphlet
- pamphlet
- date made
- 1950
- place made
- United States: California, Pasadena
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.8 cm x 16.5 cm; 4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1987.0589.11
- accession number
- 1987.0589
- catalog number
- 1987.0589.11
- Credit Line
- Gift of Daniel A. Hearlihy
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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