Sheepshanks' Comparator for Yard Standards

Made:: 1845-1855 in England

"Sheepshanks" Comparator, 1845-55, for Yard Standards, with scales tank mounted on roller carriage, standing on 3" thick slate base plate, 4' 0" x 5' 6 1/2". The whole apparatus 3' 4" high

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Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: 1933-351

type:: comparator (linear measure)

credit:: Board of Trade

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Sheepshanks' Comparator for Yard Standards

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