Object Details
- Faber, Eberhard
- Description
- This wooden rule is divided along the top edge to 1/16" and numbered by ones from 1 to 14. A brass straight edge is fastened behind the scale. Both long edges are beveled. A hole for hanging the ruler is drilled through the left end of the ruler. The center front is marked: E. FABER. (/) U. S. A. The back is engraved in script: Wm. R. Maxon. Compare to 1987.0634.03.
- Eberhard Faber's company made pencils and other office supplies in New York City from 1861 until 1956, when manufacturing moved to Wilkes-Barre, Penn. A. W. Faber-Castell acquired the company in 1987.
- According to the accession file, William R. Maxon was the curator of plants at the National Museum of Natural History from 1899 to 1946. He used this rule in his botanical research.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
- early 20th century
- ID Number
- 1987.0634.02
- accession number
- 1987.0634
- catalog number
- 1987.0634.02
- Object Name
- rule
- scale rule
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .8 cm x 38 cm x 3.7 cm; 5/16 in x 14 31/32 in x 1 15/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Scale Rules
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Rule, Measuring
- Drawing Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_904789
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-3389-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
