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Object number
W-296
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Classification
Weights and Measures
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Object name
Rod
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Title
Rod: Measuring
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Creator
Unidentified
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Description
Four-foot wooden rod with brass caps at the ends. Inches numbered 1-47 along one edge. Below inches 4, 6-42 arc eleven rows of numbers wrapping around the rod. No apparent pattern to numbers, except that they always increase moving down, and always increase moving to the right.
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Period
c. 19th century
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Material
brass, wood
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Place Of Prod.
England or the United States
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Dimensions
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122.3 |
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1.9 |
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1.9 |
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Frame
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