Stick, scaling

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OBJECT TYPE: TREE & CORDWOOD/DOYLE & SCRIBNER/DECIMAL C SCALES
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0759.001

MANUFACTURER: FRANCIS, J.M. JR.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 66.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: FRANCIS
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: FROM 1960'S TO PRESENT
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF TOOL USED IN CANADIAN FORESTRY INDUSTRY
Function: USED TO DETERMINE BOARD FEET OF LUMBER FOR BOTH TREES & CORDWOOD/ ALSO USED TO HELP PLOT AREAS IN TIMBER CRUISING
Technical: ATTEMPT AT DEVELOPING A MORE ALL PURPOSE TOOL FOR LUMBER ESTIMATION. THE DOYLE LOG RULE WAS 1ST PUBLISHED BY EDWARD DOYLE OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. IN 1825 - FIRST LOG RULE PUB. IN N.A.[REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON SCALE INCLUDES: 'FRANCIS' NORTHEASTERN TIMBER CRUISER/ AND CORDWOOD STICK/ COPYRIGHT 1960/ BY J.M. FRANCIS, JR.'/ 'DOYLE RULE/ VOLUME IN BOARD FEET'/ 'SCRIBNER DECIMAL C/ COLUMER IN BOARD FEET'/ 'DIAMETER OF TREE-BREAST HEIGHT - DBH/ CORDWOOD SCALE - CUBIC FOOT VOLUME'/ 'STRIP CRUISE/ SPACING OF STRIPS'/ 'LINE-PLOT/ CRUISE'/ VARIOUS SCALES PRINTED ONBOTH SIDES
Missing: N/A
Finish: VARNISHED/ GREEN PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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FRANCIS, J.M. JR., Stick, scaling, after 1960, Artifact no. 1988.0759, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0759.001/

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