Object Details
Description
This 12" 30°-60°-90° triangle with an open interior is made of two different woods, with a section of darker wood set between two sections of lighter wood. Each corner is reinforced with horizontal splines made from the lighter wood: two in the right angle, and three in the other two angles. The back of the object has a sticker marked: 838. Compare to 1977.1101.0087, MA.335329, and MA.335330.
Neither Keuffel & Esser nor the Eugene Dietzgen Company advertised triangles like this one. James W. Queen of Philadelphia offered two-toned triangles, of walnut or mahogany with a maple or ebony inlay, but they did not have the splines. The previous owner of this instrument collected more than 1,200 hand tools and machine tools and displayed them at his family's building company in Baltimore, Md. This object was item number 838 in his collection.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
The John R. Gerwig, Jr., Collection
date made
ca 1900
ID Number
1977.1101.0089
catalog number
1977.1101.0089
accession number
1977.1101
Object Name
triangle
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 30 cm x 17.7 cm x .3 cm; 11 13/16 in x 6 31/32 in x 1/8 in
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_689856