Details
A collection of rules and calipers:
a nickel-bound ivory four-fold 12-inch rule with sliding caliper, signed on one scale M.Chapin, the other marked Spanish; a four-fold 50cm. rule with Paris, Rhineland and England inch scales; a 10-inch two-fold boxwood rule, marked Schweizer Fuss; a four-fold 24-inch boxwood rule by John Rabone & Son, with London and Burgos scales; a four-fold 12-inch rule with Spanish and London scales, marked Warranted Box; a 3-inch brass and box caliper rule by E.Preston & Sons, marked Leonard & Co. Liverpool; a 3ft. ebony zig-zag rule with brass markings and two repairs; an early brass rule with inch scale marked 6-12 (the other side (? 1/8-inch) 49-96) and unmarked fold-out extension; an ebony and brass shoe-measure, and another in brass; an iron and brass caliper gauge with centimetres, Swiss, Paris and English inches; a pair of iron compasses (shortened); a poising caliper; a small caliper; an expandable brass hat-measure; and a 6-inch slide-rule by Nestler with cursor and slipcase (16)
a nickel-bound ivory four-fold 12-inch rule with sliding caliper, signed on one scale M.Chapin, the other marked Spanish; a four-fold 50cm. rule with Paris, Rhineland and England inch scales; a 10-inch two-fold boxwood rule, marked Schweizer Fuss; a four-fold 24-inch boxwood rule by John Rabone & Son, with London and Burgos scales; a four-fold 12-inch rule with Spanish and London scales, marked Warranted Box; a 3-inch brass and box caliper rule by E.Preston & Sons, marked Leonard & Co. Liverpool; a 3ft. ebony zig-zag rule with brass markings and two repairs; an early brass rule with inch scale marked 6-12 (the other side (? 1/8-inch) 49-96) and unmarked fold-out extension; an ebony and brass shoe-measure, and another in brass; an iron and brass caliper gauge with centimetres, Swiss, Paris and English inches; a pair of iron compasses (shortened); a poising caliper; a small caliper; an expandable brass hat-measure; and a 6-inch slide-rule by Nestler with cursor and slipcase (16)
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