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Wooden straight ruler

Inventory Number 15126


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15126

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
‘Made in England’
Physical material
Wood
Object type
Ruler
Dimensions
Height: 320mm Width: 30mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
15126

Description

Wooden, unsigned, straight ruler, 12 inches in length. It is a traditional English 20thC school ruler, inc degree/protractor feature at centre of back of ruler. There are metric explanations on the front and the owner’s inscription ‘A WHillock’ [sic] in childish writing.