Protractor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/CIRCLE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0178.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Elliott Bros.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS PROTRACTOR, WITH GERMAN SILVER (?) HAND GRIPS, FOR LIFTING. STORED IN WOODEN CASE, LINED WITH FELT.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.3 cm
- Width
- 28.1 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Elliott
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PROTRACTOR USED BY SURVEYS & MAPPING DIVISION, EMR CANADA. MARKINGS ON INSTRUMENT & CASE INDICATE THIS PROTRACTOR USED ON HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE ANGLES ON PAPER, OR WHEN DRAWING - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LARGE-FORMAT BRASS PROTRACTOR, HAVING BEVELLED EDGE AND TWO SCALES, EACH DIVIDED TO 20-MINUTES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'ELLIOTT BROTHERS/ LONDON/ HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY 9' INCISED ON FACE OF CROSSPIECE. CIRCLE DIVIDED [0]-360 DEGREES ON OUTER SCALE, 0-90-0-90-0 ON INNER SCALE, AT 20-MINUTE INTERVALS/ PAPER LABEL ON CASE LID BEARS HANDWRITTEN TEXT: 'Elliott/ Protracto[r]/ Brass/ H.S. No.9'. TAPE LABEL ON TOP OF LID BEARS HANDWRITTEN TEXT: '1- 10" brass 360o protractor- Elliott Bros. Hydrographic Survey #9/ BOC 29/4/69'
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS PROTRACTOR, HASGERMAN SILVER HAND GRIPS/ STAINED WOOD CASE FITTED WITH BRASS HINGES: RECESSED AREA LINED WITH GREEN FELT.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Elliott Bros., Protractor, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1996.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1996.0178.001/
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