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Keuffel & Esser Directions for Polar Planimeters

American History Museum

Instructions for Keuffel & Esser Polar Planimeters
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Object Details

publisher

Keuffel & Esser Co.

Description

This 16-page booklet has a salmon paper cover and was received with MA.317925.02. Its citation information is: Directions for the Use, Care and Adjustment of Polar Planimeters (New York: Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d.). Model 4211 is discussed on pages 4–5.
Compare the booklet to the version scanned by Clark McCoy, http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/KEManuals/Planimeter_Polar/Planimeter_Polar.htm. According to the model numbers included, that booklet was printed between 1925 and 1927, while this booklet was printed between 1930 and 1936.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Pauline Kennedy Schmletzer

date made

1930-1936

ID Number

MA.317925.03

accession number

317925

catalog number

317925.03

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 22.2 cm x 14.7 cm x .1 cm; 8 3/4 in x 5 25/32 in x 1/32 in

place made

United States: New York, New York City

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Planimeters
Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-3d8e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904746

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A planimeter drawing a curved shape. An axle with two wheels is connected to a silver ten inch tracer arm

Polar–Other

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