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Amsler Type 2 Polar Planimeter
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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This German silver instrument has a 6-1/2" arm with tracer point and 6-1/2" pole arm. The arm lengths are fixed. The tracer arm and pole arm are connected by a hinge and form a circle around the white plastic measuring wheel, vernier, and registering dial when the instrument is closed. The pole weight is missing. The top of the tracer arm is marked in script: J. Amsler. A serial number is marked underneath the tracer arm and the weight: 67925.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAmsler Type 2 Polar Planimeter. ca 1925. Amsler, Jacob. National Museum of American History, Gift of Sebastian J. Tralongo. CC0.
