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Pantograph, by J. Conte, Paris, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 35660


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35660

Item type
Object
Makers
J. Conte
Primary inscriptions
"J. CONTE / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. / PARIS" on rule C.
Physical material
Boxwood and metal
Object type
Pantograph
Inventory No
35660

Description

Four wooden rules (3 full length, one half length), each with a scale from 2 to 10. A pencil holder, an ivory tracing point and a screw for attachment to the drawing surface can be interchanged at the points marked A, B and C (pencil holder and tracer missing). The support linking rules A and C is missing. Cf. inv. 37396.