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Artifact Details

Title

Lehmer paper sieve stencils in wooden box

Catalog Number

102630319

Type

Physical object

Description

Contains hundreds of paper stencils. "Reprint from Carnegie Instit. yearbook 1926" attached to top. These stencils were a manual form of a Lehmer sieve. D. N. Lehmer used them to solve the same type of problems as were done on his mechanical sieve. They were used with a light box.

Manufacturer

Lehmer, D.N.

Place Manufactured

Berkeley, CA, USA

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 11 x 19 7/8 in.