Wood and Ivory Parallel Rule
notes: label: Description
content: Part of the navigator’s tool kit, parallel rules were used to transfer compass points, course lines and other directional information across large charts without change. This large wooden set has a carved ivory whale inlaid into its surface, with a brass tack for the whale’s eye.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Gould
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0052.08
label: accession number
content: 1978.0052
label: catalog number
content: 1978.52.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scrimshaw
label: Object Name
content: parallel rule
label: Object Name
content: scrimshaw parallel rule
label: Object Type
content: scrimshaws
label: Other Terms
content: Scrimshaw; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 8.09625 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 cm