Head rod
- maker:
- Robert Brettell Bate
Head rod, 3' 8" x 1 1/2", with slide, for gauging the diameter of the heads of casks and for calculating the content, stamped "Customs", made by R.B. Bate, London, c. 1800
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1954-320
- type:
- slide rule (excise) and gauging calliper
- credit:
- National Maritime Museum (Gabb Collection)