General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC DIAL COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

11.0 cm

Height

19.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Length

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Randall Stickney

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Waltham

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER; HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1000 PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQUIPMENT.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SMALL DISTANCES PRECISELY. STYLE OF THIS EXAMPLE SUGGESTS IT WAS USED TO MEASURE THICKNESS OF PAPER: PLUNGER WOULD BE LOWERED ONTO SMALL STACK OF PAPER BY LEVER & THICKNESS OF PAPER WOULD REGISTER ON DIAL.

Technical

FLAT SURFACE & SIZE OF PROBE "FEELER" OF THIS MICROMETER SUGGEST IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR PAPER./ MICROMETERS WERE USED TO MEASURE THICKNESS OFPAPER IN PAPER TESTING LABORATORIES & WERE USUALLY OF SPRING PRESSURE OR SCREW TYPE (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON GOLD GROUND ON BASE READS "RANDALL & STICKNEY/ WALTHAM, MASS."/ BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READS "RANDALL & STICKNEY/ PAT'D AUG. 21'83/ WALTHAM, MASS./ 1 DEG. 1/1000 INCH." WITH BLACK MARKINGS & SCALE NUMBERS FOR 5 TO 50

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PAINTED BLACK/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ WHITE DIAL FACE WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVER

Decoration

GOLD STRIPING ONBASE/ GOLD PAINTED DESIGNS ON UPRIGHT