Fairgate 155-T T-Square
date: label: date made
content: 1946-1984
name: label: maker
content: Fairgate Rule Company Inc..
notes: label: Description
content: This 27" aluminum and plastic T-square has scales of inches along both sides of the handle. One scale is divided to 1/8" and the other is divided to 1/16". Both scales are numbered by ones from 1 to 24. The end of the handle has a hole for hanging. The handle is marked: FAIRGATE 115–T. It is also marked: COLD SPRING, N.Y. 10516 MADE IN U.S.A.
label: Description
content: The blue plastic crosspiece has holes in its interior. The lower edge of the crosspiece is marked with a scale of units slightly longer than one inch, divided to eighths and numbered by ones from 1 to 5 on both sides of the handle. The back of the crosspiece is marked: FAIRGATE (/) COLD SPRING NY (/) MADE IN U.S.A.
label: Description
content: This instrument was found in the collections in 1984. The Fairgate Rule Company began manufacturing high-quality aluminum scale rules, T-squares, L-squares, templates, and curves in Cold Spring, N.Y., in 1946 and remains in business as of 2013. This particular T-square is now sold as model number 63-124 for $14.10.
label: Description
content: Reference: Fairgate Rule Company, "Frequently Asked Questions," https://fairgate.com/Frequently-Asked-Questions_ep_42-1.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Cold Spring
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Squares and Triangles
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0316.06
label: accession number
content: 1990.0316
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0316.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: t-square
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68.7 cm x 35.6 cm x 1.5 cm; 27 1/16 in x 14 1/32 in x 19/32 in