Object Details
maker
Safe-T Products, Inc.
Description
This clear plastic semicircular protractor arrived at the Smithsonian in a clear plastic wrapper, which is stored with it. Designed for use by schoolchildren, it contains four sets of divisions, three to single degrees and the innermost one to ten degrees.
The outer two divisions are marked by tens for reading left-opening angles, from 0° to 180°. The inner two divisions are marked by tens for reading right-opening angles, from 170° to 0°. A semicircular slot separates the two scales.
The interior of the protractor is open. A scale along the bottom edge of the opening is divided to millimeters and marked by centimeter from 0 to 10. The outer bottom edge of the protractor is divided to sixteenths of an inch and is marked by inches from 1 to 6. The corners are slightly rounded.
The object bears several marks along its diameter edge: PAT. [/] PENDING; SAFE-T TM [/] PRORUCTS [sic] Inc.; Angles Opening Left (>) [/] Use Upper Scale; VIEW-THRU TM [/] SAFE-T PLASTIC TM [/] #45780; Angles Opening Right (<) [/] Use Lower Scale; La Grange, IL [/] 60525-0692.
Reference: SAFE-T Products, Inc., Innovative Safe Drawing and Measuring Instruments, about 1998. According to this catalog, these protractors sold individually for 75 cents. In 2006, the company became a subsidiary of A. Daigger & Company and its name changed to Classroom Products Warehouse.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Collected at the American Mathematical Society annual meeting, 8 January 1998
date made
1998
ID Number
1998.0033.02
catalog number
1998.0033.02
accession number
1998.0033
Object Name
protractor
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .1 cm x 15.8 cm x 8.5 cm; 1/32 in x 6 7/32 in x 3 11/32 in
place made
United States: Illinois, La Grange
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Education, High School
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694146