Plotter, Drift

Date

ca. 1918

Maker

C. P. Goerz G.m.b.H.

Place

Germany

Materials

Metal, cellulose plastic

Dimensions

3-D (Plotter): 12.5 × 10.3 × 0.3cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/16 × 1/8 in.); 3-D (Case): 13.2 × 12.1 × 1.3cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/4 × 1/2 in.)

Museum

National Air and Space Museum

Credit line

Transferred from the Department of Commerce

130mm long,105mm wide; gray anodized color; plastic guide

The museum's own record (Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum)

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