Celluloid Ruler
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1930
name: label: maker
content: Central Scientific Company
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of this 6-inch celluloid ruler reads “No. 73035 STUDENT POCKET RULE.” The other side has scales for determining the top diameters of rubber stoppers and corks, and an inscription that reads “CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY / CENCO / LABORATORY SUPPLIES / Apparatus Chemicals / NEW YORK-BOSTON-CHICAGO-TORONTO-LOS ANGELES / MADE IN U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1702
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1702
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ruler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.1 cm x 16.3 cm x .2 cm; 13/16 in x 6 7/16 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 7/8 in; .15875 cm x 16.03375 cm x 2.2225 cm