Object Details
Description
The edge of this flat wooden blackboard curve appears to be an arc of a circle with a radius of about eleven inches. The object resembles a railroad curve but has a handle at the center and chalk marks.
A chalk mark on the back reads: 4.
Received from the Department of Mathematics at Brown University in 1973.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
date made
ca 1900
ID Number
MA.304722.12
accession number
1973304722
catalog number
304722.12
Object Name
Curve
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 2.8 cm x 44.7 cm x 10.2 cm; 1 3/32 in x 17 19/32 in x 4 1/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904419