Callipers, timber
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 36 IN./JAW
- DATE
- 1949–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0721.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Pritchard Andrews Engravers
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 105.5 cm
- Width
- 58.5 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pritchard Andrews
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA/ A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A LARGE LOG CALLIPER - Function
-
TO DETERINE THE DIAMETER OF STANDING TIMBER OR OF LOGS IF MEASURMENT ACROSS THE END CANNOT READILY BE TAKEN - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SCALE MARKED IN TENTHS UP TO 36 ON BOTH SIDES OF VERTICAL ARM/ STAMPED ON VERTICAL ARM & MOVABLE JAW: 'PRITCHARD & ANDREWS/ ENGRAVERS/ OTTAWA/ CAN'/ SCRATCHED ON MOVABLE JAW: 'DFB'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK MARKINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Pritchard Andrews Engravers, Callipers, timber, circa 1949–1960, Artifact no. 1988.0721, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0721.001/
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