Object Details
- Description
- This flat black rubber ellipse has two holes along the major axis. The major axis is drawn in pencil. A mark on the curve reads: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co (/) NEW YORK (/) AND (/) CHICAGO.
- According to the K&E Catalog, these models were sold in sets of ten, with major axes ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 6". This would be the 6" size.
- Reference:
- Keuffel & Esser Company, Catalog, 1906, p. 215. In the 1909 catalog, models of this number are listed as made from xylonite instead of hard rubber.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- date made
- ca 1906
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wesleyan University
- Physical Description
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 15.3 cm x 11.5 cm; 1/32 in x 6 1/32 in x 4 17/32 in
- Object Name
- Curve
