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Pair of needle point calipers

1930-1940

Steel callipers

Caliper, metal, in velvet case

1801-1900

Pair of calipers

1880-1920

Pair of chest callipers used for mass miniature radiography

1940-1965

Pair of chest callipers used for mass miniature radiography

1940-1965

Wood and brass caliper with load tables for ropes and cables by diameter

1901-1930

Two pairs of 6" calipers both made by Brown and Sharpe being an external type stamped 822 and a internal type stamped 821 together with a 10" combined calipers and dividers stamped 840 with internal caliper finger and a pair of divider points.

Two pairs of 6" calipers

Engineer's calipers, outside metal calipers marked `A. Roper' and "P. Williams". Dimensions: 5"x2 3/4"

Engineer's calipers

1 pair calipers, made by A.G. Thornton Ltd, Paragon Works, Manchester.

1 pair of calipers from a set of drawing instruments

Calipers, Newcastle & Carlisle Rly, metal calipers, painted black marked NCR (letters almost filled in with paint). Dimensions: 15"x6 1/4"

Calipers from Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Engineer's dividers, marked B.W. Hunter. Dimensions: 7"x1"

Engineer's dividers

Small or light hand tooth = a smiths' double calipers; an iron trammels; a wooden drawing square; a jumping drill; an improvised turnkey; a hand hammer; eleven reamer or tap wrenches; a podger; a square-key with podger handle; a tubular spanner; 2 other spanners; 2 clipping or punching shears; 2 wire tools

Small hand tools from blacksmith's shop

Vernier callipers, 7", steel, cased, by the Brown and Sharpe Mfg Co, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, with depth gauge 6", by Chesterman, Sheffield, England, both c.1910

Vernier callipers

1905-1915

Calipers (flat)

Calipers (flat)

Large pair of calipers

Large pair of calipers

Calipers, metal, marked BH & Co. 1864.

Metal calipers

1864

Engineer's calipers, inside calipers, no markings. Dimensions: 6 1/4"x1"

Engineer's calipers

Engineer's calipers, long outside calipers marked P. Williams. Dimensions: 8 3/4" x3/4"

Engineer's calipers

Engineer's calipers, large curved outside calipers stamped P. Williams. Dimensions: 9 1/2"x6 3/4"

Engineer's calipers

Engineer's calipers, outside metal calipers by Moore & Wright Sheffield Eng., marked P. Williams. Dimensions: 4 1/2"x2 3/4"

Engineer's calipers

3 calipers, leather and steel, 20th century

3 calipers, leather and steel, 20th century

Calipers, steel, for measuring rail height, calibrated in inches, 4 1/2"-5 5/8", in 1/16" increments

Calipers, steel, for measuring rail height

Calipers, chrome-plated steel, for measuring rail height, calibrated for wear in terms of lost weight for 85, 95, GC96 and 100 lb rail

Calipers, chrome-plated steel

Four pairs of Brown and Sharpe calipers,a 4"external, a 4" internal and a 5" external and a 5" internal.

Four pairs of Brown and Sharpe calipers

Two walking calipers, iron, early 20th century, Thomas type

Two walking calipers

1901-1930

Two pairs of steel calipers; one 4" and other 6" arm length from S C Hammond sheet metal workshop

Two pairs of steel calipers

[Information from Accession Form] Double Caliper. Probably for measuring horses hooves by blacksmith. Total length 39cm. Each arm 20cm long.

Double Caliper