standard meter bar
Date: 1890
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0361
Classification: Meter rule
Dimensions:rule: 2 × 106.5 × 3.5 cm (13/16 × 41 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
case: 6.4 × 118.9 × 4.5 cm (2 1/2 × 46 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Accessories: wooden box with yellow label
Description:
Metal bar with all four top edges beveled. The beveled edge along the face of the bar is marked for centimeters; the beveled edge along the back of the bar is marked for inches.
The bar is stored in a wooden box with a yellow label affixed to its lid by eight brass tacks. Small holes around the perimeter of the lid indicate that it may have been nailed to the base.