Object Details
maker
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Description
In the mid-twentieth century, American tool manufacturers sometimes distributed trigonometry tables that included advertisements for their products. This small paper pamphlet includes definitions of the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant and cosecant as well as formulas for finding the length of sides for right-angled and oblique triangles when different angles and sides are known. It then gives tables to five places of values of the six trigonometric functions mentioned, as well as a table of decimal equivalents. Also shown are precision metal cutting tools and Shakeproof screws, washers, and fasteners.
The pamphlet was owned by machinist and museum specialist George A. Norton. A mark on the first page inside the cover reads: WWII. This suggests the date.
Compare 1986.3078.02.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Norton
date made
1940s
ID Number
1986.3078.01
nonaccession number
1986.3078
catalog number
1986.3078.01
Object Name
Pamphlet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .5 cm x 7.8 cm x 16.5 cm; 3/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 6 1/2 in
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Trigonometry
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_905182