Object Details
- J. L. Hammett Co.
- Description
- This 17-1/4" 45°-45°-90° maple triangle is formed from three pieces of wood and has an open interior. The hypotenuse is marked: J. L. HAMMETT CO. (/) CAMBRIDGE. MASS. John Hammett began selling erasers and slating paint for chalkboards in Rhode Island in 1863, moving to Boston in 1865. In 1890 new owners expanded the firm into all forms of paper school supplies. J. L. Hammett operated over 50 retail stores from 1974 to 2005. The Department of Mathematics at Brown University gave this object to the Museum in 1973.
- References: Bill Lane, "School Supplier J. L. Hammett to Close Stores," Boston Business Journal, January 4, 2005, http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/01/03/daily12.html; "J. L. Hammett Company," The Play and Playground Encyclopedia, http://www.pgpedia.com/j/jl-hammett-company.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
- 20th century
- ID Number
- MA.304722.44
- catalog number
- 304722.44
- accession number
- 304722
- Object Name
- triangle
- Physical Description
- maple (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 62 cm x 31.5 cm x .7 cm; 24 13/32 in x 12 13/32 in x 9/32 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Squares and Triangles
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Education
- Drawing Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_904226
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4752-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
