Object Details
- Description
- These metal dividers are noticeably corroded. They are called "plain" because, although there is a screw at the top for adjusting the width to which the dividers are set, there is no second screw or hairspring on one of the legs for refining the setting. The short needle points are not removable. The upper part of the legs is indented, so that an oval is seen when the dividers are closed. The Brown University mathematics department donated these dividers to the Smithsonian in 1973.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- MA.304722.03
- accession number
- 1973.304722
- catalog number
- 304722.03
- Object Name
- dividers
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 cm x 17.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 13/32 in x 6 7/8 in x 19/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Dividers and Compasses
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_904329
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-3912-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
