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brass meter stick
brass meter stick

brass meter stick

Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number2007-1-0130
ClassificationMeter rule
Subject
    Maker American ?
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions100.3 × 1.5 × 0.3 cm (39 1/2 × 9/16 × 1/8 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionHeavy brass meter stick with single scale along top edge of face. The engraved and blackened scale is graduated in millimeters, with centimeters numbered from 0 to 100 at 5-cm intervals.

        Some evidence of corrosion, especially on (blank) back.
        Signedunsigned
        FunctionFor measuring distances.
        four-sided meter stick
        four-sided meter stick
        Stanley Works
        Date: 1920
        Object number: 1998-1-0298
        meter stick with unidentified attachments
        meter stick with unidentified attachments
        L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
        Date: circa 1915
        Object number: 1998-1-0302
        brass meter standard
        brass meter standard
        Etienne Lenoir
        Date: circa 1794
        Object number: DW0535
        wooden meter stick
        wooden meter stick
        Central Scientific Company
        Date: circa 1950
        Object number: 1998-1-0303
        wooden meter stick
        wooden meter stick
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1998-1-0300
        Central Scientific Co. meter stick
        Central Scientific Co. meter stick
        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
        brass meter standard, in stands
        brass meter standard, in stands
        French
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Accessories: two wooden stands; information card
        Object number: 1998-1-0301
        photographic meter stick
        photographic meter stick
        Central Scientific Company
        Date: circa 1975
        Object number: 1998-1-0307
        wooden meter stick with accessories
        wooden meter stick with accessories
        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
        wooden meter stick
        wooden meter stick
        Central Scientific Company
        Date: circa 1950
        Object number: 1998-1-0299
        Zeiss stand IVa laboratory compound microscope
        Zeiss stand IVa laboratory compound microscope
        Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
        Date: circa 1886
        Accessories: oculars (2): 1, 2; objectives (3): D, F, 1/12 HI; double nosepiece; Abbe condenser; iris diaphragm; cylinder-diaphragm on slide; articulated substage mirror; parts box [1084b]; Abbe drawing camera [1084c]; flat case; key.
        Object number: 1084a
        pH meter
        pH meter
        Beckman Instruments, Inc.
        Date: circa 1960
        Object number: 1996-1-0456