Blueprint for Crampton Trigonometric Calculating Instrument
Object Details
- Description
- In about 1917, Frank A. Crampton and Theodore H. M. Crampton designed an instrument for finding the values of trigonometric functions. This is a copy of the 1917blueprint for the device, made in 1975. For the instrument, see MA.335540.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Esther L. Crampton
- 1975
- ID Number
- MA.317954.04
- accession number
- 317954
- catalog number
- 317954.04
- Object Name
- sheet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 49 cm x 45.8 cm; 1/32 in x 19 9/32 in x 18 1/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Trigonometry
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1214125
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a226-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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