Draughting Instruments

Object detail

Accession number

1981.134

Production period

1910s

Description

One set of draughting instruments in brown leather pouch. Pouch has buckle at front. Interior is suede and contains multiple pockets with a flap covering instruments from top. Pockets in pouch contain, from left to right: two wooden parallel rulers, two wooden scale rulers, a metal casing containing graphite leads, an ink pen with a bakelite handle, a ruling pen with a bakelite handle, a pyramidal metal rod, a smaller ruler pen with bakelite handle, a metal ruling pen nib, a large bronze divider, a smaller bronze divider, a pencil nib for a compass, and two small compasses.

Marks

D.T.J. & CO LTD / 1916 / II Ink Stamp

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Leather

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

[1910]. Draughting Instruments, 1981.134. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology Surveying & Navigational T&E Surveying Equipment

Collection type

Tools Industrial Heritage Technology

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