Object Details
- W. & S. Jones
- Description
- A pantograph is a mechanical device for copying images. The "W. & S. Jones” inscription on this example is that of a firm that was in business in London from 1791 to 1859, offering a wide range of mathematical, optical, and philosophical instruments. According to the accession file, this is one of a group of objects made in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Hence the rough date assigned. The file also indicates that the pantograph was used by the U.S. Coast Survey for plotting courses.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Haverford College
- ca 1860
- ID Number
- 1981.0745.04
- catalog number
- 1981.0745.04
- accession number
- 1981.0745
- Object Name
- pantograph
- Measurements
- overall (box): 3 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 28 in; 9.525 cm x 14.2875 cm x 71.12 cm
- overall: 4 in x 27 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 10.16 cm x 70.8025 cm x 14.2875 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Pantographs
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1813397
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-e931-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
