Object Details
- Description
- This European triangular wooden length measure is crudely carved on all three sides with letters, suns, a girl, fish, and geometric figures. One side reads: MD 1727. Another side reads: P q R S T V W X | Z. Each side has seven wooden pegs, roughly evenly spaced at approximately 7.5 cm. The side with the partial alphabet has two additional pegs (one missing) at the ends of the rule. The Smithsonian acquired this object in 1960.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1727
- ID Number
- MA.317638
- accession number
- 231062
- catalog number
- 317638
- Object Name
- rule
- scale rule
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm x 60.3 cm x 2.5 cm; 31/32 in x 23 3/4 in x 31/32 in
- place made
- Europe
- 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_904636
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5107-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
