James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680

PART OF:
decimal micrometer
Made:
earliest 1857
modifier:
Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680, modified by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co. to gauge 0 to 2 inches reading to thousandths of an inch (Whitworth Works no. 119)

Details

Category:
Industrial Metrology
Object Number:
1931-328/1
Measurements:
10 x 14 x 25 cm
type:
micrometer
credit:
British Railways Board Records Office; London Midland & Scottish Railway Co.