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OBJECT TYPE: PROPORTIONAL
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0596.001

MANUFACTURER: Stanley
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL SCALES & ADJUSTMENT KNOB/ STEEL POINTS/ LEATHER CASE WITH SILK? LINING & METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mathematics
Category: Drawing & measuring instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Stanley
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1920'S+
Canada: ORIGINAL OWNER WAS DONOR'S FATHER, ROBERT FERGUSON LEGGET (1904-1994). HE WAS BRITISH-BORN ENGINEER WHO WAS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF DIV. OF BUILDING RESEARCH AT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED 1947-1969. HE CONTRIBUTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALBUILDING CODE (1948-1970) & IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS RESEARCH IN SOIL & SNOW MECHANICS.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR CALCULATING DIMENSIONS BETWEEN POINTS WHEN COPYING DRAWINGS, MAP, CHARTS. ETC. IT MEASURES LENGTHS WITH THE POINTS AT ONE END & CAN, BASED ON WHERE THE PIVOT POINT IS, TRANSLATE THE LENGTH TO AN EQUIVALENT ONE USING A DIFFERENT SCALE, AT THE OTHER END.
Technical: DIVIDERS WERE AWARDED TO R.F. LEGGET AS TELFORD PREMIUM BY INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN BRITAIN. SCOTTISH ENGINEER THOMAS TELFORD (1757-1834), ONE OF FOUNDERS OF SOCIETY WHICH BECAME INSTITUTE. DIVIDERS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED BY NAVIGATORS, SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON INSTRUMENT READS 'STANLEY, LONDON' & 'TELFORD PREMIUM/ R.F. LEGGET/ STAMPED GOLD LETTERING ON CASE READS 'TELFORD PREMIUM; R.F. LEGGET.'/ GOLD LETTERING INSIDE CASE READS 'STANLEY/ TRADE MARK/ 286, HIGH HOLBORN/ LONDON, W.C.1.'
Missing: KNOB IS DETACHED FROM CASE CLASP
Finish: PLATED & BRUSHED METAL/ RED CASE WITH BLUE LINING
Decoration: N/A

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Stanley, Dividers, after 1925, Artifact no. 1995.0596, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0596.001/

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