Artifact Details

Title

Pantograph drawing instrument - "Eidograph"

Catalog Number

B248.82

Type

Physical object

Description

From the Bell documentation: Purchase includes the instrument, large hand-dovetailed mahogany case, trade label, instruction set and original key." An ornate paper label on the inside of the object's lid reads: "Patrick Adie, Optician, Mathematical & Scientific Instrument Maker, Broadway Works, Westminster, London." Object consists of wooden box and drawing instrument.

Date

ca. 1860

Manufacturer

Adie, Patrick

Place Manufactured

London, UK

Dimensions

in box: 5 x 35.5 x 6 in

Category

Analog computer

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Pre-computing artifacts

Credit

Courtesy Gwen and Gordon Bell

Lot Number

B248.82