Dancer Ruler

Made:: 1860-1870 in Manchester

maker:: John Benjamin Dancer

Ivory twelve-inch ruler, made by J. B. Dancer, Manchester, c

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Dancer Ruler
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Ivory twelve-inch ruler, made by J. B. Dancer, Manchester, c
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory twelve-inch ruler; units divided in inches/tenths, and half-inches/twentieths, which are marked on the two bevelled edges on the face.

Made by John Benjamin Dancer.

Details

Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: Y1973.64

Materials:: ivory

Measurements:: overall: 3 mm x 314 mm x 28 mm,

type:: ruler

credit:: Gift of Mr. J.C. Thorp

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