Lining Carpenter Square
date: label: date made
content: 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-09-15
name: label: inventor
content: Bement, Charles L.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a patent model (US155063) of a lining carpenter’s square, pantented on September 15, 1874 by Charles S. Bement of New Haven, Connecticut. Carpenter’s squares were traditionally flat and were useful for checking angles but could not measure angles other than 90 degrees.
label: Description
content: This invention added adjustability to the carpenter’s square by including a pivot to set the tool to different angles and a locking mechanism.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
label: associated place
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.308881
label: catalog number
content: 308881
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 155,063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model lining carpenter square
label: Object Name
content: patent model, square lining machine, carpenter's
label: Object Name
content: Model, Patent
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 12 in; 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm x 30.48 cm