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Object number
W-163
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Classification
Drawing Tool
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Object name
Ruler
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Title
Rulers: Parallel
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Creator
Cail, John
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Description
Parallel wooden rulers with brass parallel links. Links are scallop-cut. Concentric grooves around rivets connecting links to rulers. Brass pins in center of each ruler. Maker's inscription along bottom ruler; faint owner's name with some unintelligible marks and a date are also on the bottom ruler. Tapered edges of rulers are opposite and reversed.
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Inscription/Sig.
"CAIL NEWCASTLE ON TYNE"; "J. OSWALD [ ] 1868".
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Material
ebony (macassar), brass
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Place Of Prod.
England
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Dimensions
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0.7 |
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30.5 |
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5.1 |
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