Blueprint for Crampton Trigonometric Calculating Instrument

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Object Details

Description

In about 1917, Frank A. Crampton and Theodore H. M. Crampton designed an instrument for finding the values of trigonometric functions. This is a copy of the 1917blueprint for the device, made in 1975. For the instrument, see MA.335540.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Esther L. Crampton

date made

1975

ID Number

MA.317954.04

accession number

317954

catalog number

317954.04

Object Name

sheet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .1 cm x 49 cm x 45.8 cm; 1/32 in x 19 9/32 in x 18 1/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Science & Mathematics

Trigonometry

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a226-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1214125