dividing engine

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dividing engine

Summary

dividing engine is a scientific instrument[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_instrument category, ranking #13 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • dividing engine's image is recorded as Ruling Engine (Dividing Engine), Circa 1900, Lightner Museum.jpg[3].
  • dividing engine's instance of is recorded as scientific instrument[4].
  • dividing engine's GND ID is recorded as 1149774169[5].
  • dividing engine's subclass of is recorded as machine tool[6].
  • dividing engine's Commons category is recorded as Dividing engines[7].
  • dividing engine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c0n2h[8].
  • dividing engine's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300022503[9].
  • dividing engine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • dividing engine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/dividing-engine[11].
  • dividing engine's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778881472[12].
  • dividing engine's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 10572[13].
  • dividing engine's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/6b45015e-0cad-45c3-9720-7ec9ed5a0517[14].

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Designation and Status

dividing engine's instance of is recorded as scientific instrument[4].

Why It Matters

dividing engine draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_instrument category, ranking #13 of 23).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dividing engine. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dividing-engine
MLA “dividing engine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dividing-engine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dividing-engine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dividing engine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dividing-engine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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