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Wooden rule with two stepped inch scales

Made:
1800 in Tower Hill
maker:
Gilbert and Gilkerson
Wooden rule with two stepped inch scales

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Wooden rule with two stepped inch scales
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Wooden rule with two stepped inch scales, stamped "Gilbert & Gilkerson Tower Hill London" and engraved "EJ 1800", B4367

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1989-659
Materials:
wood
type:
rule (calculating)
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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