Rule, drawing scale
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INVENTORY OF SCALE TYPES IN SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FILES
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MacKenzie & Storrie
- MODEL
- LOCKIE'S IMPROVED DRAWING SCALES
- LOCATION
- Leith, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER SCALES/ CARDBOARD CASE COVERED WITH FABRIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 3.8 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
- MacKenzie Storrie
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Leith
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EACH SCALE IS NUMBERED (1-8) AT BOTH ENDS. THE 'TYPE' OF SCALE IS INDICATED AT BOTH ENDS & IN THE CENTRE. 'JOHN LOCKIE, LEITH' IS PRINTED IN THECENTRE OF EACH/ THE LABEL READS: 'Lockie's/ IMPROVED/ DRAWING/ SCALES/ [LIST OFSCALES]/ PRICE 1-/ Per Set/ Manufactured and/ Published/ BY/ Mackenzie & Storrie/ 35 Shore,/ LEITH/ Wholesale Agents:/ LONDON:/ CHAPMAN & HALL,/ MANCHESTER:/ JOHN HEYWOOD/ EDINBURGH AND/ GLASGOW:/ J. MENZIES & CO./ Student'sName,/Blyth [IN PENCIL]/ Copyright/ ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL'.
- Missing
- COMPLETE SET
- Finish
- LAMINATED SCALES ARE AN INVORY COLOR, NOW YELLOWED AND STAINED. ALL MARKINGS ARE IN BLACK INK/ CASE IS COVERED WITH A LACQUERED (?) BLACK FABRIC. THE LABEL IS BUFF WITH ALL MARKINGS IN RED INK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MacKenzie & Storrie, Rule, drawing scale, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1977.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1977.0353.001/
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