General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TOOL STEEL. CW MAHOGANY WOOD CASE; FELT PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length

74.0 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

22.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Precision tools

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STARRETT

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Athol

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF HEIGHT GAUGE USED C.1920S &, POSSIBLY EARLIER

Canada

OBTAINED AS PART OF A COLLECTION OF SURVEY, PHOTOGRAMMETRY & CARTOGRAPHY EQ. FROM SURVEYS & MAPPING BRANCH, EMR CANADA.

Function

TO MEASURE OR MARK OFF VERTICAL DISTANCES FROM A PLANE SURFACE

Technical

EXAMPLE OF PRECISION MEASURINGTOOL, MOST OFTEN USED BY TOOLMAKERS, MECHANICS & INSPECTORS. ESSENTIALLY A VERNIER CALIPER WITH A HARDENED, GROUND & LAPPED BASE & VERNIER READING TO 1/1000 INCH OR 1/50 MM..5 DEPTH GAUGE ATTACHMENT PERMITS MEASURING DEPTH OF HOLES, SLOTS, INSIDE OF JIGS, ETC. .4 SCRIBER ALLOWS LAYOUT LINES TO BE SCRIBED ON VERY HARD MATERIALS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'NO 454E&M' & 'THE L.S. STARRETT CO./ ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A./ MADE IN U.S.A.' STAMPED ON IMPERIAL MEASURE SIDE OF RULE. GRADUATED 1-24+ INCHES, AT 1/40-INCH INTERVALS: EACH 1/4 INCH DIVISION LABELLED. GRADUATED ON REVERSE 4- 60+ CM, AT 1/2MM INTERVALS: LABELLED AT 1 CM INTERVALS. DECAL ON BASE READS: 'EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL- CONTROLE DES STOCKS/ R.C./C.R. 634 007062/ EQ. CODE D'EQUIPE 5210-21-886-4790/ DO NOT REMOVE NE PAS ENLEVER'/.2 ONE VERNIER DIVIDED 0-25: LABELLED IN INCREMENTS OF 5 & ACCURATE TO 1/1000 IN. VERNIER ON REVERSE DIVIDED 25-0: LABELLED IN INCREMENTS OF 5 & ACCURATE TO 1/50 MM./ PT case marked " Starrett/ VERNIER HEIGHT GAGE/ THE L.S. STARRETT CO. ATHOL, MASS., U.S.A." on top./ Decal inside case top damaged but legible: reads " Starret[t]/ ATHOL, MASS., U.S.A. "./ Paper label glued inside case top reads: " Starrett [ registered trademark symbol ] VERNIER HEIGHT GAGE/ QUAN./ 1/ CATALOGUE NO./ 454EM24/ WITH ATTACHMENT- WITH CASE/ SIZE 24" & 60cm/ THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY. ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS. U.S.A. "./ Decal in upper inside right corner of case top reads " Made/ of/ GENUINE/ MAHOGANY ".

Missing

NONE - APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BRUSHED SILVER METAL FINISH PROVIDES MINIMAL GLARE WHEN READING GAUGE. RECESSED STRIP ON BOTH SIDE OF RULE HAS BLACK WRINKLE FINISH; SIMILAR FINISH APPLIED TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE. WOODEN STORAGE CASE IS STAINED & VARNISHED.

Decoration

N/A