Revenue Measures
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1800
name: label: maker
content: Dring & Fage
notes: label: Description
content: This gauging set consists of a rod and slide rule. The rod is cylindrical and composed of five 10-inch pieces that screw together. One piece is brass, and the others are varnished wood with brass ferrules. The rods are marked in inches. One is also marked “DRING & FAGE MAKERS TOOLEY ST. LONDON” and “IM” with crown insignia. The slide rule is 10 inches long, is made of wood with brass ferrules, and equipped with two slide bars. The inscription reads “DRING & FAGE MAKERS TOOLEY ST. LONDON.” The leather case holding these items is marked “INLAND REVENUE” and “DRING & FAGE / MAKERS / LONDON.” John Dring and William Fage began in business in 1792, making and selling rules of various sorts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.321752
label: accession number
content: 246417
label: catalog number
content: 321752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Revenue Measures Set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each staff: 10 in; 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 1/2 in x 11 in x 3 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 27.94 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (adding each staff): 50 in; 127 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide rule: 10 in; 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 2 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 28.575 cm x 9.8425 cm