Rule and Straight Edge Signed Eberhard Faber
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Faber, Eberhard
notes: label: Description
content: 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: W<u>m</u>. R. Maxon. Compare to 1987.0634.03.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Measuring
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Scale Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0634.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0634
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0634.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 38 cm x 3.7 cm; 5/16 in x 14 31/32 in x 1 15/32 in