Object Details
- distributor
- Berco
- Description
- This wooden ruler is divided to 1/16" and numbered by ones from 1 to 14. Below the scale is a summary of Minnesota fish laws for 1940, listing the number of fish that could be caught in a day and held in one's possession for 20 different species. The seasons for catching different fish are also provided. A hole at the right end of the rule allows it to hang from a hook.
- The back of the rule is marked: For Better, Faster Shaving – (/) USE BERCO BLADES. It is also marked: BERCO (/) DOUBLE EDGE and SINGLE EDGE (/) BLADES. It is also marked: Fit Your Face For The Outdoor – (/) USE BERCO BLADES. Berco distributed electric shavers and razor blades from Toledo, Ohio.
- Reference: "Razors, Blades, Sharpening," Popular Mechanics 103, no. 4 (April 1955): 69.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Patricia Gossel
- 1940
- ID Number
- 1996.3003.01
- nonaccession number
- 1996.3003
- catalog number
- 1996.3003.01
- Object Name
- rule
- scale rule
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .4 cm x 38 cm x 2.8 cm; 5/32 in x 14 31/32 in x 1 3/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Scale Rules
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Fishing
- Mathematics
- Rule, Measuring
- Promotional Item
- Record ID
- nmah_690259
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-17b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
