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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLAT/BEVELED/U.S. STD./12 IN.
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2053.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- 1527
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BOXWOOD RULER WITH CELLULOID EDGES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.6 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A SERIES OF MARKINGS AT REGULAR INTERVALS WHICH ARE USED FOR MEASUREMENT/ USED BY ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS WHEN DRAFTING DOWN SCALED PLANS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON WOOD CENTER: `U.S.STD', `THE HUGHES, OWENS CO. LTD. MONTREAL', `MADE IN U.S.A.'; FOUR SCALES, 2 ON EACH SIDE RANGING FROM 1/8 TO 1/4, 3/8 TO 3/4, 1/2 TO 1, 1 1/2 TO 3
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD UNFINISHED, PRINT & NUMBERS ARE STAMPED INTO WOOD - BLACK; OFF-WHITE EDGES, NUMBERS STAMPED IN - BLACK
- Decoration
- NONE
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HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD., Rule, after 1917, Artifact no. 1987.2053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2053.001/
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