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Kildikin Gauging Rod, by Hudson & Son, Greenwich, Late 19th Century?

Inventory Number 25305


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25305

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchase Acquired by the vendor from the stock-in-trade of Hudson & Son when they ceased trading c.1980
Primary inscriptions
"HUNDON & SON GREENWICH"
Physical material
Wood
Dimensions
Diameter: 5mm Height: 828mm
Inventory No
25305
Accession Number
1982-17/3

Description

Cylindrical gauging rod used as a barrel dipstick. Wooden, with number markers along the length. This rod was acquired by the vendor from the stock-in-trade of Hudson & Son when they ceased trading c.1980