Stick, scaling

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OBJECT TYPE: LOG/DOYLE SCALE
DATE: 1825
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0745.001

MANUFACTURER: LUFKIN RULE CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ METAL HEAD

Dimensions

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

Length: 106.5 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Harvesting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: LUFKIN
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Windsor

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO DETERMINE THE BOARD FT. OF LUMBER IN LOGS FROM 8 TO 20 FT. IN LENGTH
Technical: IN 1825 EDWARD DOYLE OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. PRINTED THE "IMPROVED RECKONER FOR TIMBER, PLANKS, BOARDS, SAWLOGS, WAGES, BOARD AND INTEREST". THIS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE DOYLE LOG RULE. IT WAS THE 1ST LOG RULE PUBLISHED IN N.A. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON ONE SIDE: 'THE LUFKIN RULE CO./ OF CANADA LIMITED/WINDSOR, ONT.'/ MARKED ON OTHER SIDE: 'DOYLE'S'/ SCALE IN IN. MARKED ON ONE EDGE FROM 1 TO 36/ GRADUATED SCALES FOR BOARD FT. ON BOTH SIDES FOR LOGS FROM 8 TO 20 FT. IN LENGTH
Missing: N/A
Finish: VARNISHED/ BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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LUFKIN RULE CO., Stick, scaling, after 1825, Artifact no. 1988.0745, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0745.001/

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