Scale, engineer's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- US STANDARD
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2055.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Alteneder, T. & Sons
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood and cellulose nitrate
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.6 cm
- Width
- 3.3 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
- Alteneder
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- A.1850, WHEN THEO ALTENEDER FOUNDED FIRM IN PHILA.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A SERIES OF MARKINGS AT REGULAR INTERVALS WHICH ARE USED FOR MEASUREMENT/ USED BY ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS WHEN DRAFTING DOWN SCALED PLANS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CENTER OF RULER: `T. ALTENEDER & SONS/ PHILA.', `U.S.ST'D'; HAS TWO SCALES, BUT BOTH ARE THE SAME
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD UNFINISHED, PRINT & NO. STAMPED - BLACK & RED; OFF-WHITE EDGES, SCALES STAMPED IN BLACK
- Decoration
- NONE
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Alteneder, T. & Sons, Scale, engineer's, after 1850, Artifact no. 1987.2055, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.2055.001/
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