Planimeter Gallery
(courtesy of John Eggers)

Keuffel & Esser Planimeter Gallery

Keuffel & Esser 1102 (4220)

• A mid-1890's model with pole weight and counterbalance
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Keuffel & Esser 4211

• A late 1920's model (probably around 1927)
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Keuffel & Esser 4212

• An early model (probably pre-1920) with multiplier wheel and counterbalance
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Keuffel & Esser 4215 Radial Planimeter

• K & E 4215
  • Manufactured by Ott Dietzgen in the 1930's
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• K & E 4215
  • A German manufactured model from the early 1950's
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  • radial planimeter manual

Keuffel & Esser 4220

• A 1920's model with pole weight and counterbalance
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Keuffel & Esser 4225

• An early 20th century model with counterbalance and mean height points
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Keuffel & Esser 4230

• A pre-1915 model with pole weight and counterbalance with copyright 1891 manual
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  • manual

Keuffel & Esser 4235

• Like 4230 but with "arrangement for rapidly computing mean height of indicator diagrams"
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Keuffel & Esser 4236 Family

• K & E 4236
  • A U.S. manufactured model from the mid to late 1940's
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• K & E 4236
  • A German manufactured model from the very early 1950's
  • A transitional model from the US-made to the German-made models
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• K & E 4236
  • A German manufactured model from the early 1950's
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• K & E 4236
  • A late 1950's model with a tracer lens
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• K & E 620000
  • A mid to late 1970's model with a pole weight and symmetric pole arm
  • Not listed in any K & E catalog
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• K & E 4236M (metric)
  • A German manufactured model from the very early 1950's
  • A transitional model from the US-made to the German-made models
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• K & E 4236M (metric)
  • A German manufactured model from the early 1950's
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• K & E 620005 (metric)
  • A German manufactured model from the early 1960's
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Keuffel & Esser 4238

• K & E 4238
  • A German manufactured model from the late 1920's
  • Carriage has two sockets
  • Supplied with two test rules
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• K & E N4238
  • A German manufactured model from the early 1930's
  • A slight variation of the 4238
  • Supplied with only one test rule
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Keuffel & Esser 4240

• K & E 4240 manufactured by Coradi
  • A 1915 model
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• K & E 4240 with two testing rules
  • A pre-1939 model
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Keuffel & Esser 4242

• K & E 4242
  • A 1918 model manufactured by Coradi
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• K & E 4242
  • A late 1920's or early 1930's model with two test rules
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• K & E 4242
  • A pre-WWII (late 1930's or early 1940's) model with one test rule
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• K & E 4242 with tracer point
  • A U.S. manufactured model from the mid to late 1940's
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• K & E 4242 with tracer point
  • An early 1950's model
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• K & E 4242 with tracer lens
  • A late 1950's model
  • Serial number "Muster": a prototype?
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• K & E 4242½
  • A pre-WWII (late 1930's or early 1940's) model
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• K & E 4242½
  • An early 1950's model
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Keuffel & Esser 4246

• A beautiful Amsler No.5 pantograph planimeter
• Acquired by original owner in early 20^th century (probably mid-1920's)
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Keuffel & Esser 620115

• A rolling disk planimeter made in the 1960's
• Formerly numbered K & E 4262
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Coradi Rolling Planimeter (Keuffel & Esser 4262)

• A rolling planimeter from the late 19^th century
• Identical to K & E 4262: 12 inch tracer arm and 10 inch telescoping extension
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Keuffel & Esser 4280

• An Amsler integrator from the 1950's'
• Has three recording wheels and a transverse range of 15 inches
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Keuffel & Esser Amsler No.4

• Distributed by K & E but not listed in any K & E catalog
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Keuffel & Esser Amsler No.6 (with mean height)

• Distributed by K & E but not listed in any K & E catalog
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Miscellaneous Planimeter Gallery

Amsler Planimeter Manual

• An Amsler planimeter manual from the 1930's'
• Describes the full line (No.s 1 - 13) of Amsler planimeters

Amsler No.13 Radial Planimeter

• A signed Amsler radial planimeter
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Ushikata O-Bac

• A rolling planimeter with a zero-setting mechanism
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Rolling Carriage

• Converts a compensating polar planimeter to a rolling planimeter
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