Object Details
- Fairgate Rule Company Inc..
- Description
- This 27" aluminum and plastic T-square has scales of inches along both sides of the handle. One scale is divided to 1/8" and the other is divided to 1/16". Both scales are numbered by ones from 1 to 24. The end of the handle has a hole for hanging. The handle is marked: FAIRGATE 115–T. It is also marked: COLD SPRING, N.Y. 10516 MADE IN U.S.A.
- The blue plastic crosspiece has holes in its interior. The lower edge of the crosspiece is marked with a scale of units slightly longer than one inch, divided to eighths and numbered by ones from 1 to 5 on both sides of the handle. The back of the crosspiece is marked: FAIRGATE (/) COLD SPRING NY (/) MADE IN U.S.A.
- This instrument was found in the collections in 1984. The Fairgate Rule Company began manufacturing high-quality aluminum scale rules, T-squares, L-squares, templates, and curves in Cold Spring, N.Y., in 1946 and remains in business as of 2013. This particular T-square is now sold as model number 63-124 for $14.10.
- Reference: Fairgate Rule Company, "Frequently Asked Questions," https://fairgate.com/Frequently-Asked-Questions_ep_42-1.html.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1946-1984
- ID Number
- 1990.0316.06
- accession number
- 1990.0316
- catalog number
- 1990.0316.06
- Object Name
- t-square
- Physical Description
- aluminum (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 68.7 cm x 35.6 cm x 1.5 cm; 27 1/16 in x 14 1/32 in x 19/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Cold Spring
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Squares and Triangles
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
- Drawing Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_904456
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6eda-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
