Object Details
- Amsler, Jacob
- Description
- This undated large 8-page booklet is written in German and titled, "Gebrauchsanleitung für Amsler's Planimeter." It describes and depicts nine types of polar planimeter sold by the firm established by Jacob Amsler in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1854. The instructions indicate that Type 1 and Type 2 were distinguished by their materials; Type 1 was made of brass and Type 2 (see MA.318485 and 1984.1071.01) was made of German silver. Similarly, Type 3 (1986.0316.05) was made of brass and Type 4 was made of German silver. The Museum also owns an example of Type 6 (MA.335203). Types 8 and 9 are wheel-and-disc polar planimeters. See 1999.0250.02 for an English translation of the pamphlet.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ursula N. Forbes
- after 1912
- ID Number
- 1986.0316.09
- accession number
- 1986.0316
- catalog number
- 1986.0316.09
- Object Name
- pamphlet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.5 cm x 25.8 cm; 8 15/32 in x 10 5/32 in
- place made
- Switzerland: Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Planimeters
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Engineering
- Record ID
- nmah_904613
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4e9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
