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History of Science Museum

Two Strips, c.1884

Inventory Number 14648


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14648

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, in 1937. Acquired for Oxford University (by Professor Arthur Thomson) from Francis Galton in 1895. Originally from Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, London.
Physical material
Metal
Paint
Wire
Dimensions
Height: 255mm Width: 29mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 65g
Inventory No
14648
Accession Number
1937-19

Description

Two strips of metal each with a sliding scale with a wire crossing the central point.