Hi all, I have posted a pic in the photo album drawing instrument case restoration showing the mark inscribed on an electrum triangle from a marquois scale set...
It is indeed the Council of India mark used during Queen Victoria's reign on military (and possibly other) items. Later it was simplified to just the broad...
HI I have a collection of heavy lead holders for sale. If you know some one that might be interested please forward the following link to them. Thank you ...
Greetings! I am new to this forum and I have a question: Does anyone know anything about a drafting instrument called Elips-o-tran? My father and an inventor...
Hello, i found a nice English six inch boxwood sector. No maker name is readeable. The only identifying mark i can see is a group of thee stars. I attached a...
Hello Andrea, Unfortunately the three stars are not an identifying mark but a feature of many English sectors, irrespective of maker. Because the design was so...
Jim, Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, had to dig through my collection to find my example. The ellipsograph was produced by a company out of San Diego...
Hi, what is the English name for this instrument. I'm putting an image in my album. Basically it is a sort of isosceles triangle, but two equal sides are...
I recently added a Leon Camera Lucida to my collection. The question I have is whether the camera lucida should be considered a true drafting instrument....
Ron, good question! I hope someone will reply. I often wondered why I always saw these items, while searching for drafting instruments. I have never known of...
Definitely a sketching aid. Whereas, I personally see drafting relating to precision and mathematics. There were some very early schools of painting and...
Hi Ron, They were principally artist's instruments. They may possibly have been used by architects recording old buildings as a sketching tool prior to...
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This is surely not a Drafting Instrument but it is one of those instruments which came out of the Age of Enlightenment. Something Thomas Jefferson might own as...
I did not send this post nor do I know it's origins. Will be checking my Yahoo account for some sort of odd virus. Please feel free to delete this thread. ...
I don't know what is going on. My Yahoo is randomly sending out messages. I received 24 return emails from yahoo. This could be a virus on my phone but I...
Robert, the device that holds your address book must have a virus. Someone I know had one like this a couple of months ago. The virus sends out krap to...
I think I have it sorted out, I changed my password. I had a friend who had a similar thing happen about a weekend ago. It seems the virus or whatever it is...
Happens all the time Robert. I usually get 3-4 per week from all the different Yahoo Groups I'm on and that's become the normal for the last couple of years. ...
Hi All, I have posted some pictures of a box containing a protractor marked Gray and Selby of Nottingham which I bought recently. This is the first I have...
Hello I have probably asked this question of the drawing instrument group before. Has anyone come across late 19th century drawing instruments bearing a small...
John, I take it you never heard back from the Alessandro Ubertazzi Collection? My best guess would still be that it indicates a French patent on the pencil...
Well did any of us get anything?......... I am now more convinced than ever I must have really good taste, every instrument I bid on went sky high and I have...
