Gauging Rod
name: label: maker
content: Kerby & Brother
notes: label: Description
content: Boxwood and brass gauging rod for use with barrels. The inscriptions read “Kerby & Bro. N.Y.” and “ALEXANDER’S IMPD. WANTAGE ROD / PATD. MAY 1897.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Prescribing Alexander’s Improved Wantage Rod for Use in the Internal Revenue Service.” U.S. Treasury, <i>Circular</i> 100 (Oct. 2, 1897).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Treasury Department Internal Revenue Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.326998
label: catalog number
content: 326998
label: accession number
content: 267815
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gauge rod, barrel
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.7 cm x 1.9 cm x 1.9 cm; 16 in x 3/4 in x 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/4 in x 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 41.275 cm x 1.905 cm x 3.81 cm