Vintage set of Kueffel and Esser French Curves

Artifact Number:

2018-171

Description

A set of 38 acrylic “French Curves” used for drafting smooth irregular curvatures.  The curves, which measure from 8 cm in length to 60 cm, are contained in a two-layer wooden box.  The box is 68 cm long, 18 cm wide and 6 cm in height and has markings that indicate the artifact is a 1864S model of curves manufactured by the famous Keuffel & Esser (K&E) company.  The bottom of the box also indicates it was the property of the Applied Mathematics Branch at CRNL

Details

Keywords:
drafting tools
Date:
1950-1960
Notes:
The literature indicates that K&E began to manufacture these boxed sets of curves, which are also known as Copenhagen ship curves because they were first used in the design of ships, as early as 1921.  Complete sets contained 56 individual units.
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