12" Steel Rule; Chesterfield; 03/35

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Murchison Museum

Name/Title

12" Steel Rule

About this object

Steel, folding 12"/30cm rule with engraved cm and inch graduations. There are 3 sections hinged with metal pins with indented locking when extended. The manufacturers name - Chesterfield, Sheffield, England and Standard at 68oF are engraved at one end. There is further engraving between 1 & 2 inch mark - No 89 then slightly below 64. Rust obscures the rest. It has a black leather case, rounded at both ends and stiched along the sides leaving an opening at one end to insert the rule. The words "GOOD YEAR" are embossed in gold on one side.

Maker

Chesterfield

Maker Role

Manufacturer

Place Made

Chesterfield, England

Series Title

Measuring device

Medium and Materials

Steel, leather

Measurements

Rule -305mm long, 12mm wide.
Case - 130mm x 24mm

Subject and Association Keywords

Measuring device

Object Type

Measure

Object number

03/35

Rights

All rights reserved

This object is from
Murchison Museum
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