General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

19

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood ruler with a cellulose nitrate edge

Dimensions

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

Length

17.0 cm

Width

3.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Survey equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Beckmann

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Toledo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THESE DRAWING INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORY EQ. PRESUMABLY USED C. 1900S-1930S, AND POSSIBLY LATER.

Canada

RECEIVED WITH COLLECTION OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS AND EQ. BELONGING TO MARCUS SMITH. BASED ON THEIR DATE OF MFR., AND THE FACT THAT MANY OF THE ITEMS COLLECTED IN THIS 'DRAWING KIT' WERE MADE IN N. AMERICA, THESE PIECES LIKELY WERE USED BY SMITH'S ELDEST SON, SURVEYOR THOMAS RHYS SMITH (1857-1930).

Function

USED TO DRAW LINES AND NUMBERS TO DEPICT THE DIMENSIONS & SPECIFICATIONS OF SOMETHING TO BE CONSTRUCTED, SUCH AS A BUILDING OR MECHANICAL DEVICE; OR TO DRAW MAPS, PROFILES OR CROSS-SECTIONS IN SURVEYING.

Technical

ASSORTED DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, AND SMALL MISC. ITEMS ASSEMBLED FOR USE BY SURVEYOR/SURVEY PARTY. IN ADDITION TO DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, THIS GROUPING INCLUDES A SPARE/REPLACEMENT BUBBLE LEVEL TUBE, A SLIDE RULE AND A HYGROMETER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"U.S. ST'D", and "THE L. BECKMANN CO., TOLEDO, O." stamped into one side of rule. "T. Rhys Smith" crudely incised by hand, to right of mfr's markings. Scale labelled "20 and divided 0-12 and 12-0 on one side; scale labelled "40" and divided 0-24 and 24-0 on reverse.

Missing

EACH ITEM IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF.

Finish

MEDIUM BROWN WOOD RULE HAS WHITE BEVELLED EDGES.

Decoration

N/A