Object Details
- Description
- This octagonal wooden rule has a handle and a measuring part that is broken off at the end. Both parts are crudely but prolifically carved with Xs, triangles, curves, and diamonds. One face is carved with a number: 1756. Another face is notched with measuring marks. These are placed 4, 6.3, 10.8, 19.4, 26, and 53.5 cm from the base of the handle. Compare to MA.318246, MA.318247, and MA.318248.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of F. & G. Staack
- ca 1756
- ID Number
- MA.325404
- accession number
- 244021
- catalog number
- 325404
- Object Name
- rule
- scale rule
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.3 cm x 75 cm x 2.8 cm; 29/32 in x 29 17/32 in x 1 3/32 in
- place made
- Netherlands, The
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Scale Rules
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Rule, Measuring
- Record ID
- nmah_904635
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5106-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
