General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Primarily wood with brass and ferrous metals.

Dimensions

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

Length

61.0 cm

Width

130.0 cm

Height

70.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Length

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Grover

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Maine

City

Caratunk

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Used by scalers and surveyors of logs.

Function

Measures the length of logs.

Technical

Measuring wheel adapted to replace the ordinary four-foot scale rule. Improved accuracy.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on wheel is mostly worn off. Legible print reads "Patented C. W. G[RO]VER [Patented] CARATUNK, ME". Numbers stamped into metal plate at calipers and numbers stamped into wood along the shank.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Wheel: Medium coloured wood and brass metal;. wheel has ten spokes, one spoke is painted black; all spoke ends are clad in metal; hub is capped in metal with black print; wheel rotates freely. Timber calipers: Medium coloured wood with brass metal; numbers stamped into wood along the shank and stamped into the metal at calipers.

Decoration

N/A