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Wine diagonal by Stutchbury
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Wine diagonal by Stutchbury
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wine diagonal by Stutchbury
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wine diagonal by Stutchbury
Wine diagonal, a type of gauging rod, by J.Stutchbury, 1797-1826. These were used by Excise Officers together with slide rules to calculate the volume of wine in wine casks, and thence the duty payable. Until 1826 the volume of a wine gallon was different to that of an ale gallon.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1972-257
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and box (wood)
- Measurements:
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overall (open): 10 mm x 310 mm x 77 mm, 0.074 kg
- type:
- gauging rods (excise)
- credit:
- Mr Peter Delehar
