wooden meter stick with accessories
Date: 1920
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0296
Classification: Meter rule
Dimensions:stick: 2.5 x 100 x 0.5 cm (1 x 39 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Accessories: one full and one half pair caliper jaws; metal pointer; pair of iron stands
Description:
Wooden meter stick printed on both sides. The face of the meter stick is printed with a 39-inch scale along the top edge only. An SI scale is printed along both edges of the back of the stick. The stick has a hole near its right end.
The stick is suspended between two double-footed iron stands. Attached to the meter stick is one pair of metal calipers with knurled knobs; one additional caliper; and a symmetrical metal pointer, composed of a triangular piece of metal bolted to a flat metal hook.