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Object number
M-116b
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Classification
Mathematical
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Object name
Caliper
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Title
Caliper: Beam
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Creator
Unidentified
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Description
Simple beam calipers, no decoration. Sliding jaw has a steel, heart-shaped wing screw. Has open groove to slide along arm of caliper to read scale. Main divisions of scale on one face, 0-15. Every main division is 3 cm in length. Finest graduation is 1/100.
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Inscription/Sig.
Unsigned.
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Period
c. 1850
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Material
brass
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Dimensions
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0.8 |
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48.3 |
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0.4 |
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