U.S. Lutz Scale
name: label: maker
content: Staedtler Mars
notes: label: Description
content: Made by US LUTZ, this open divided scale has both sides beveled and divided. The units are marked along the whole length of the edge and the end units are subdivided into inches and fractions. Two of the divisions are numbered to be read from the right, the other two from the left. The front of the scale has 4 different divisions, two on each edge: 1/8”, 1/4" on the top edges and 1”, 1/2" on the bottom edges. The back also has 4 different divisions, two on each edge: 3/8”, 3/4” on the top edges and 3”, 1 1/2” on the bottom edges.
label: Description
content: This object was used by NMAH exhibit designer Russell Cashdollar, who gave it up in favor of computer-aided design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Scale Rules
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0267.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0267
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0267.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .06 cm x 33.3 cm x 3.5 cm; 1/32 in x 13 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in