wooden meter stick
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number1998-1-0300
ClassificationMeter rule
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions100.2 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm (39 7/16 × 15/16 × 5/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionWooden meter stick with a circular hole near one end. Both edges of the face of the meter stick are printed with an inverted scale in millimeters, labeled "Metric". The top edge of the back of the stick is printed with an inverted scale in inches, graduated into eighths and labeled "English."
Five circular indentations are visible along the length of the back of the meter stick.
Five circular indentations are visible along the length of the back of the meter stick.
Signedunsigned
FunctionFor measuring distances.
L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
Date: circa 1915
Object number: 1998-1-0302
Central Scientific Company
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: steel French meter standard (1998-1-0295a); iron clamp stands (1998-1-0295c, d)
Object number: 1998-1-0295b
Central Scientific Company
Date: 1920
Accessories: one full and one half pair caliper jaws; metal pointer; pair of iron stands
Object number: 1998-1-0296
French
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: two wooden stands; information card
Object number: 1998-1-0301
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Date: circa 1960
Object number: 2003-1-0209
Darling, Brown, and Sharpe
Date: 1890
Accessories: Wooden meter stick ( 1998-1-0295b); iron clamp stands (1998-1-0295c, d)
Object number: 1998-1-0295a
