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Field's Rolling Parallel Rule, English, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 49914

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49914

Item type
Object
Makers
Field
Provenance
Presented by the executors of Capt. Mark Taylor, R.N., O.B.E. in 1980. Used by him and members of his family.
Primary inscriptions
'Capt Field's Improved...'
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Leather
Wood
Object type
Rule
Inventory No
49914
Accession Number
1980-3

Description

A ruler with a central copper alloy axle allowing it to roll along a surface. In a fitted wood case.

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