Meter Bar by Societe Genevoise, in Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: maker
content: Societe Genevoise d’Instruments de Physique
notes: label: Description
content: The steelbar has three flat grooves across the top. The middle one of these is filled with a polished metal core. The core is divided to millimeters. The scale on the core is labeled on the bar at 10 centimeter intervals. A mark of "5" is at 5 cm., 15 cm., 25 cm., etc. Thebar is labeledon the left: S.I.P. GENEVE. It is labeled at the center: BSNo4664.The back of the bar is stamped at one end: 3.
label: Description
content: The wooden case has metal hinges and latches. The lock at the center has no key. Four supports for the bar are inside the base of the case and four inside the lid. These are covered with black velvet.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Société Genevoise pour la construction d"Instruments de Physique, <I>Price List 1912, fascicle 1</I>, Geneva, p. 30. Compare to the description of item #130.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland: Genève, Geneva
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Department of Physics, Bowdoin College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0477.02
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0477.02
label: accession number
content: 1992.0477
objectType: label: Object Name
content: meter bar in case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (bar material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (case): 5 cm x 105.4 cm x 10.1 cm; 1 31/32 in x 41 1/2 in x 3 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bar: 1.2 cm x 102.4 cm x 2.6 cm; 15/32 in x 40 5/16 in x 1 1/32 in