Collection

Set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co.

Made:: 1839-1900 in London

maker:: Holtzapffel and Company

Set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co., London, including dividers, compasses, prickers, ivory scale, parrallel rule and sector in fitted mahogany case.

Details

Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1946-94

Materials:: ivory and mahogany (wood)

type:: drawing instruments sets and prickers (drawing)

credit:: Professor H.E. Rose

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Parts

Compasses, dividers and a scale, with mahogany case, by Holtzapffel & Co.

Compasses, dividers and a scale, with mahogany case, by Holtzapffel & Co.

Set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co., London, containing compasses, dividers and a scale in fitted mahogany case

Materials:: brass , steel , ivory , mahogany , felt , leather and complete

Object Number:: 1946-94 Pt1

type:: drawing instrument sets and dividers (compass)

Ivory parallel rule, from set of drawing instruments

Ivory parallel rule, from set of drawing instruments

Ivory parallel rule from set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co., London.

Materials:: ivory , brass and complete

Object Number:: 1946-94 Pt2

type:: rules (drawing) and parallel rules

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory sector, from drawing instrument set

Ivory sector, from drawing instrument set

Ivory sector from set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co., London.

Materials:: ivory , brass and complete

Object Number:: 1946-94 Pt3

type:: proportion drawing instruments and sectors

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory diagonal scale with built-in protractor from set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co

Ivory diagonal scale with built-in protractor from set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co

Ivory diagonal scale with built-in protractor from set of drawing instruments by Holtzapffel & Co., London.

Materials:: ivory

Object Number:: 1946-94 Pt4

type:: rules (drawing) and scales