Parallel Rule with Protractor and Plotting Scale

Lebbeus Dod American

1796

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

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Provenance

Title: Parallel Rule with Protractor and Plotting Scale
Maker: Lebbeus Dod (1739–1816)
Date: 1796
Geography: Made in Newark, New Jersey, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Brass, wood
Dimensions: Rule: 12 x 1 3/8 in. (30.5 x 3.5 cm)
Case: 12 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (32.4 x 11.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Anna Glen B. Vietor Gift, in memory of her husband, Alexander Orr Vietor, 1985
Object Number: 1985.329.2a–d
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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