Dividers
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROPORTIONAL
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0596.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stanley
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL SCALES & ADJUSTMENT KNOB/ STEEL POINTS/ LEATHER CASE WITH SILK? LINING & METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- 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
- Stanley
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S+
- Canada
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ORIGINAL OWNER WAS DONOR'S FATHER, ROBERT FERGUSON LEGGET (1904-1994). HE WAS BRITISH-BORN ENGINEER WHO WAS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF DIV. OF BUILDING RESEARCH AT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED 1947-1969. HE CONTRIBUTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALBUILDING CODE (1948-1970) & IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS RESEARCH IN SOIL & SNOW MECHANICS. - Function
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AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR CALCULATING DIMENSIONS BETWEEN POINTS WHEN COPYING DRAWINGS, MAP, CHARTS. ETC. IT MEASURES LENGTHS WITH THE POINTS AT ONE END & CAN, BASED ON WHERE THE PIVOT POINT IS, TRANSLATE THE LENGTH TO AN EQUIVALENT ONE USING A DIFFERENT SCALE, AT THE OTHER END. - Technical
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DIVIDERS WERE AWARDED TO R.F. LEGGET AS TELFORD PREMIUM BY INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN BRITAIN. SCOTTISH ENGINEER THOMAS TELFORD (1757-1834), ONE OF FOUNDERS OF SOCIETY WHICH BECAME INSTITUTE. DIVIDERS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED BY NAVIGATORS, SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, ETC. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON INSTRUMENT READS 'STANLEY, LONDON' & 'TELFORD PREMIUM/ R.F. LEGGET/ STAMPED GOLD LETTERING ON CASE READS 'TELFORD PREMIUM; R.F. LEGGET.'/ GOLD LETTERING INSIDE CASE READS 'STANLEY/ TRADE MARK/ 286, HIGH HOLBORN/ LONDON, W.C.1.'
- Missing
- KNOB IS DETACHED FROM CASE CLASP
- Finish
- PLATED & BRUSHED METAL/ RED CASE WITH BLUE LINING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Stanley, Dividers, after 1925, Artifact no. 1995.0596, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0596.001/
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