Germany / ca 1900
Drawing Compass
Drawing Compass
The Smithsonian catalogs Drawing Compass as compass in its Mathematics records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
This German silver instrument has a handle and ridged ring at its top. Both legs have screws partway down and thumbscrews at the ends for adjusting the angles of the points. A piece of lead is in the receptacle at the end of one leg. The end of the other leg has a steel point. The instrument has no markings. Similar but shorter compasses from Germany are advertised for $2.15 in Keuffel & Esser's 1