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brass dividers

brass dividers

Date1915
Inventory Number1997-1-1743
ClassificationDividers
Subject
    Maker American ?
    Maker English ?
    Owner Charles Palache 1869 - 1954
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions11.5 x 1 x 0.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
      DescriptionBrass dividers with steel points.
      Signedunsigned
      ProvenanceFrom Charles Palache to Clifford Frondel; Frondel gift to CHSI, 1989.
      Historical AttributesThese dividers belonged to the eminent crystallographer, Charles Palache, professor of mineralogy at Harvard, who built up the Mineralogical Museum and helped to establish the Mineralogical Society of America. The dividers were used in Palache's crystallographic studies. They were given to the Collection by Clifford Frondel, a student of Palache and professor of mineralogy at Harvard.
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