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98/55
Collection
Description
This is a two-foot folding boxwood measuring rule with a brass hinge and brass tips. It is marked in sixteenths of an inch on one side, and eights of an inch on the other. The rule is part of a collection of woodworking and stoneworking tools given to the Museum by Mr Stamp.
Physical description
1 folding rule: wood (boxwood); metal (brass); good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Wooden boxwood rule with four joints and brass hinges and ends. It can be folded flat and measures 2 ft when opened out. The inches are divided into sixteenths on one side and eighths on the other. The rule joint is of the square type. // Dimensions: Length (folded): 16.5 cm // Width (folded): 3.5 cm // Associated information: See 98/44’
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