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- OBJECT TYPE
- FOLDING/2-FOOT/ARCHED JOINT/SLIDE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0062.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PRESTON, E. & SONS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BOXWOOD (?); BRASS HINGE, ENDS & SLIDING RULE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.8 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PRESTON
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Saskatchewan
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS COLLECTION OF TOOLS BELONGED TO A CARPETNER WHO EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1910 & SETTLED IN MOOSE JAW, SASK./ THE TOOL CHEST & MOST OF THE TOOLS WERE BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM ENGLAND & USED TO BUILD HIS 1ST 2 HOUSES AS WELL AS SOME FURNITURE - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE LINEAR MEASUREMENTS - Technical
-
UNUSUAL FOLDINGRULE FEATURES BEVELLED OR SLOPED EDGE EXTENDING ONLY PART OF THE LENGTH OF THE LEFT ARM. FITTED WITH GUNTER'S SCALES, DRAFTING SCALES & EXTENSION SLIDE. COULD BE USED AS EXTENSION SLIDE RULE; DRAFTING RULE; TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CUBIC BOARD FEET OF A LOG, AS WELL AS SIMPLE MEASUREMENT (REF.2 P.249) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SCALES MARKED IN VARIOUS INCREMENTS, INCLUDING 1-INCH, 1/4-INCH, 3/8-INCH; 1/2-INCH, 5/8-INCH & 3/4-INCH. STAMPED ON FACE OF BEVELLED ARM: '3 SQUARE' & 'R. [R.?] MELHUISH LTD. LONDON'; STAMPED ON FACE OF OPPOSITE ARM: 'LINE'/ STAMPED ON REVERSE OF BEVELLED ARM: 'E. PRESTON & SONS/ B'HAM. ENG./ TRADE MARK/ [LOGO]'; STAMPED ON OPPOSITE ARM: 'GIRT LINE'. SCALES APPEAR ON BOTH SIDES OF BOTH ARMS OF RULE
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- NATURAL WOOD & BRASS FINISHES
- Decoration
- N/A
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PRESTON, E. & SONS, Rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0062, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0062.001/
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