Safe-T Meter Stick and Inch Rule
date: label: date made
content: 2000
name: label: distributor
content: Extra Measures, Inc.
label: maker
content: Safe-T Products, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This hollow white plastic instrument has paper scales. One side has a 39-inch ruler, divided to 1/8" along the top and to 1/2" along the bottom. Alternate pairs of half-inches are colored orange on the bottom scale. The interior of this side has a recycling symbol around the number 7. The rule is marked: P.O. BOX 692 La Grange, IL 60525 SAFE-T RULER<sub>TM</sub>.
label: Description
content: The other side is a meter stick, divided along the top to millimeters and along the bottom to centimeters. Alternate centimeters are colored blue on the bottom scale. The rule is marked: SAFE-T<sub>TM</sub> METER STICK. According to the donor, this meter stick is designed so that the straight edge is at some distance from the chalk or dry erase board.
label: Description
content: Safe-T Products, Inc., was established in the northwest Chicago suburbs in 1992 to manufacture and sell drawing instruments that were safe for children. Thus, the plastic of this instrument is shatter-resistant. It sold for $12.95 in 2000. For company history, see 2000.0160.04.
label: Description
content: References: <i>Safe-T/Basics by Extra Measures, Inc.</i>, about 2000; accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, La Grange
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Bensenville
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Measuring
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Metric System
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Measuring & Mapping
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content: Scale Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Extra Measures, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0160.05
label: accession number
content: 2000.0160
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0160.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.8 cm x 100 cm x 6.7 cm; 23/32 in x 39 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in