Object Details
- Description
- This steel and brass instrument is called a bow divider because the nut on the side may be tightened or loosened to hold the instrument at a desired width. This example is similar to one sold by Keuffel & Esser, although the top of the handle is different. There is no maker's mark.
- Reference: Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co. , 33rd ed. (New York, 1909), 62.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth A. Ming
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- 1978.2110.12
- accession number
- 1978.2110
- catalog number
- 336738
- Object Name
- dividers
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .8 cm x 7.1 cm x 1.6 cm; 5/16 in x 2 25/32 in x 5/8 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Dividers and Compasses
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_904356
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-2f96-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
