Sheets, Calculations of Revolutions of Worm on Société Genèvoise Dividing Engine
Sheets, Calculations of Revolutions of Worm on Société Genèvoise Dividing Engine
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- Description
- This pencil calculation of the revolutions of worm on dividing engine is associated with a desired division of the circle.
- It is part of the documentation received with dividing engine MA.328870.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sheets, Set Of
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.8 cm x 20 cm; 5 1/32 in x 7 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1987.0036.14
- accession number
- 1987.0036
- catalog number
- 1987.0036.14
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
- subject
- Mathematics
- Ruling and Dividing Engines
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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