United Kingdom: England, London / ca 1860
Bow Compass with Pen Point
Bow Compass with Pen Point
The Smithsonian catalogs Bow Compass with Pen Point as bow pen in its Mathematics records.
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This steel drawing compass has a hexagonal brass handle. The width of the instrument is adjusted with a small brass nut on the outside of the leg with the needle point. A second screw adjusts the width of the pen point. This object resembles the bow compasses made by Stanley around 1860 that are depicted in Michael Scott Scott, Drawing Instruments (Haverfordwest, UK: Shire Publications Ltd., 1986)