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- OBJECT TYPE
- INSIDE MICROMETER CALIPERS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0424.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lufkin Rule Co.
- MODEL
- 680B
- LOCATION
- Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.11 METAL MICROMETER, RODS, CLIPS/.12 METAL WITH WOOD PART/ WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ PAPER INSTRUCTION SHEET AFFIXED TO LID INTERIOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.9 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LUFKIN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Saginaw
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
CALIPER, OR TWO-PRONGED MEASURING INSTRUMENT WITH ATTACHED SCALE USED TO MEASURE LINEAR DIMENSIONS BETWEEN THEM, THIS TYPE USED TO MAKE PRECISON MEASUREMENTS OF INSIDE DIMENSIONS. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING ON MICROMETER HEAD READS "LUFKIN NO. 680", WITH SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS/.2-.9 INCISED LETTERING ON RODS READS "LUFKIN" &.2 "1/2 in.",.3 "1 in.",.4 "2 in.",.5 "2 1/2 in.",.6 "3 in.",.7 "3 1/2 in.",.8 "4 in.",.9 "6 in."/.10-.11 INCISED "LUFKIN"/.12 INCISED LETTERING READING "THE LUFKIN RULE CO./ SAGINAW, MICH./ MADE IN U.S.A."/ BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL INSIDE LID READS "No. 680B INSIDE MICROMETER SET - RANGE 1 1/2 TO 12"" & "LUFKIN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 PLATED? & GREY FINISHED METAL/.2-.9 PLATED METAL/.10-.11 FLATBLACK PAINTED METAL/.12 UNFINISHED WOOD, PLATED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lufkin Rule Co., Micrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0424, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0424.001/
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