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- OBJECT TYPE
- GLASS/W. MAGNIFIERS
- DATE
- 1940–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0176.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hilger & Watts Ltd.
- 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
- GLASS RULE & EYEPIECES; METAL RAIL & RAIL FITTINGS, AND SCREW MOUNTINGS FOR MAGNIFIERS. WOODEN CASE COVERED WITH LEATHERETTE, AND LINED WITH BLACK VELVET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.6 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 4.9 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
- Hilger Watts
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS RULE PROBABLY USED C.1940S-1980S, AND POSSIBLY LONGER
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE LENGTH, OR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 320 MM RULE ON GLASS, FITTED WITH TWO SIMPLE MAGNIFIERS ON SLIDING RAIL - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SCALE DIVIDED 0-320 BY 1-MM INCREMENTS/ 'HILGER & WATTS LTD./ LONDON' STAMPED IN GOLD ON BOX TOP
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- GLASS HAS PALE GREEN TINT; BLACK MAGNIFYER FITTINGS; 1 RED-BROWN & 1 BLACK KNOB, FOR LIFTING/ CASE HAS FLAT BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED LEATHERETTE COVERING ON EXTERIOR; BLACKVELVET LINING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hilger & Watts Ltd., Rule, circa 1940–1960, Artifact no. 1996.0176, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0176.001/
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