Object Details
maker
Intertech Drawing Instruments
Description
This green zinc alloy instrument has a black plastic handle. Silver metal adjusting bolts set the width of the instrument and the length of the needle and pencil points. The front of the handle is marked with the letter H. The back of the handle is marked: GERMANY. A gray and clear plastic envelope has a black and white plastic tube with two replacement pencil leads. The front of the case is marked in gold: H (/) Hearlihy & Co (/) Springfield, Ohio (/) 404. The flap for the case fastens on the back and is marked: Western Germany.
For information on the manufacturer and distributor, see 1987.0589.01. On this example, the adjusting bolts for the points are on the front and back of the instrument, instead of on the outside of each leg.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel A. Hearlihy
date made
1987
ID Number
1987.0589.02
accession number
1987.0589
catalog number
1987.0589.02
Object Name
bow compass
compass
Physical Description
zinc alloy (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 2.1 cm x 8.2 cm x 22 cm; 13/16 in x 3 7/32 in x 8 21/32 in
place made
Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brunn
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Dividers and Compasses
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904413