Object Details
maker
Soellner
Description
This 4-3/4" steel, German silver, and metal drawing pen is marked on the tightening screw: SOELLNER (/) GERMANY. Soellner was a 20th-century German manufacturer of drawing instruments.
William J. Ellenberger (1908–2008), who owned this pen, studied electrical and mechanical engineering at The George Washington University between 1925 and 1934. He then worked for the Potomac Electric Power Company and the National Bureau of Standards. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was a civilian construction management engineer for the army from 1954 to 1968, when he became a private consultant.
Reference: "The GW Engineering Hall of Fame 2006 Inductees," http://www.weas.gwu.edu/ifaf/hall_of_fame_inductees_2006.php.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of William J. Ellenberger
date made
ca 1900
ID Number
1981.0933.24
accession number
1981.0933
catalog number
1981.0933.24
Object Name
pen
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
metal (overall material)
german silver (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1 cm x 12 cm x 1 cm; 13/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 13/32 in
place made
Germany
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Pens and Pencils
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Drafting, Engineering
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904297