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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-4252

Description

Stick with numerals burnt or stamped in and highlighted in black; marked on both faces with seven lines each broken into varying lengths and numbered at intervals; each line begins with one and is broken into progressively smaller sections, the largest number being 50.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parallel rules (drafting tools)
Ruler
Ruler

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 7/16 x 7/16 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.505

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