Protractor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SYNTHETIC
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1303.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cellulose nitrate protractor
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THESE BELONGED AND WERE USED BY JAMES WATSON WHOSE CAREER INCLUDED EMPLOYMENT BY VARIOUS CANADIAN SHIPYARDS AND THE FEDERAL GOVT. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AND DRAW ANGLES WITH PRECISION - Technical
-
PART OF THE BASIC KIT OF ANY PROFESSIONAL DRAFTSMAN. THESE HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN DRAFTING BY CAD (COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN) SOFTWARE PROGRAMS WHICH MEANS HAND DRAFTING IS RARELY DONE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON BOTTOM: '[?]DE IN ENGLAND'/ TWO SCALES MARKED AROUND OUTER CURVED EDGE: 10 TO 180 IN 20THS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TRANSPARENT WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Protractor, after 1960, Artifact no. 1995.1303, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1303.002/
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