Maker:

Crocco, Gaetano Arturo  Search this

Physical Description:

metal (overall material)

wood (case material)

cloth (lining material)

glass (level cover material)

Measurements:

overall: 28.2 cm x 68 cm x 49.5 cm; 11 3/32 in x 26 25/32 in x 19 1/2 in

Object Name:

drawing instrument

Place made:

Italy

Date made:

ca 1912

Description:

This instrument was used to trace the main section of a semi-rigid housing of an aircraft. It is based on the design of the Italian aeronautical engineer Gaetano Arturo Crocco (1877-1968). A version of the instrument is shown in Crocco’s collected works, and dated around 1912. The illustration there shows a glass lens that does not seem to be in this example.

The object is in a wooden case.

References:

G. Arturo Crocco, <I>Problemi Aeronautici Dalgli Albori Fino Alla Guerra</I>, Rome: Dott. Palo Cremonese, 1933, Plate XX (opposite page 365).

Umberto D'Aquino, "Crocco, Gaetano Arturo," <I>Biographical Dictionary of Italians</I>, 31 (1985).

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Mathematics  Search this

Drafting, Engineering  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

ID Number:

MA.271855.04

Accession number:

271855

Catalog number:

271855.04

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Single Drawing Instruments

Science & Mathematics

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ae48-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1215087