French meter rule

Date: circa 1899

Inventory Number: 1998-1-0305

Classification: Meter rule

Subject:

weights & measures,

Maker: Stanley Rule & Level Company (1857-1920)

User: Department of Physics, Harvard University (founded 1884)

Cultural Region:

United States,

Place of Origin:

New Britain,

City of Use:

Cambridge,

Dimensions:

100.3 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm (39 1/2 × 1 × 5/16 in.)

Material:

wood, brass,

Description:

Wooden meter stick with brass caps on both ends. An SI scale is printed along both edges of both sides of the rule. Three circular holes have been punched along the length of the rule.

Signedface, left center: STANLEY RULE / & LEVEL Co. / NEW BRITAIN. CONN

Inscribedface, right center: AM. METRIC-BUREAU / BOSTON

FunctionFor use in measuring distances.

Curatorial RemarksA tag attached to the meter stick reads: "METER / RULE / 'Physical Lab- / oratory / Mar 5 1899 / from / 'Monichord' / Lyman 1975"; and, on the back, "STANLEY RULE / & LEVEL CO / New Britain / Conn / AM: METRIC / BUREAU / BOSTON".

ProvenanceRetrieved from the Lyman laboratory (Harvard Physics Department), according to the tag.