Measure, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: 100 FT
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0303.001

MANUFACTURER: Keuffel & Esser Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Surveyor's Tape
Patents: N/A
General Description: The tape is steel, the crank is chromed steel and the casing is leatherette.

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Length
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Keuffel Esser
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Saginaw

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Not known: presumably used by Canadian (Ontario, Quebec) surveyor.
Function: To measure distances directly during survey operations.
Technical: Tape measure has been used for more than a century but this example has a spring loaded tape to make rewinding easier and faster. It also allowed the case to be more compact and made damage to the tape less frequent. Tapes replaced surveryor's chains.[ Ref: K & E catalogues from the 1930's-1940's]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's plague:"STEVENS WYTEFACE "A"/KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./100 FT."
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: The finish is metal, steel and chromed steel and synthetic, leatherette.
Decoration: Nothing.

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Keuffel & Esser Co., Measure, tape, circa 1930, Artifact no. 2010.0303, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0303.001/

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