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Two-foot Rule

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3122

Description

Flat, rectangular form incised at inch and quarter intervals.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rulers (measuring devices)
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
RULE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1622

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