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four-sided meter stick
four-sided meter stick

four-sided meter stick

Date1920
Inventory Number1998-1-0298
ClassificationMeter rule
Subject
    Maker Stanley Works 1920-2010
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions100.2 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm (39 7/16 × 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionFour-sided wooden meter stick. One side is blank. The other sides are graduated in millimeters, decimeters, and centimeters.
          Signedblank side, engraved in center: [Stanley trademark] MADE IN U.S.A. SPECIAL
          Inscribedblank side, center in black ink: ME13
          Curatorial RemarksME 13 refers to the Mining Engineering Department of Harvard.
          FunctionFor measuring distances.
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