Live veiling - Lot 645
[Metrology]
Lot of 15 rulers, cask measuring and gauging tools.
€ 100 / 150
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Beschrijving lot
Wood, ivory, copper and brass. Various sizes.
1. Faber Castell 367 slide rule, made in Stein (Nuremberg). Complete with black card case. - 2. Folding dip rod for cylinder bottles and bouge bottles in imperial gallons. - 3. Carpenter’s slide rule with brass slide and outer hinge plates. Girt line scale and imperial gallons. For making measurements of timber and calculating areas and volumes. 4-7. 4 boxwood sectors. - 8. Sm. folding dip rod. - 9. Brass folding ruler. - 10. A Holborn Viaduct wooden ruler. - 11. Ebony parallel rules, ca. 1900. - 12. Very rare calipers (?) in wood and brass for unknown purpose. - 13. Fine ivory architects or engineers folding pocket sector scale rule, signed "Crichton London". With German silver or nickel hinge. Early 19th c. - 14-15. 2 sm. folding ivory rulers.
Joined: 2 incomplete compasses with leather boxes. (17 pcs)