Part of Carpenter Square Lining Machine Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1874
name: label: maker
content: Bement, Charles L.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent: US155063A
label: Description
content: This is part of a patent model for a carpenter square lining machine, patented on September 15, 1874, by Charles 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
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.308811
label: catalog number
content: 308811
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Part, Patent Model, Carpenter Square Lining Machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 6.6675 cm x 1.5875 cm