Dutch El
date: label: date made
content: ca 1756
notes: label: Description
content: This octagonal wooden rule has a handle and a measuring part that is broken off at the end. Both parts are crudely but prolifically carved with Xs, triangles, curves, and diamonds. One face is carved with a number: 1756. Another face is notched with measuring marks. These are placed 4, 6.3, 10.8, 19.4, 26, and 53.5 cm from the base of the handle. Compare to MA.318246, MA.318247, and MA.318248.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands, The
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Measuring
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Scale Rules
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of F. & G. Staack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.325404
label: accession number
content: 244021
label: catalog number
content: 325404
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 75 cm x 2.8 cm; 29/32 in x 29 17/32 in x 1 3/32 in