surveying tape handle
Date: 1885-1967
Inventory Number: 2003-1-0240
Classification: Surveying Equipment
Subject:
Maker: Lufkin Rule Company (1885 - 2010)
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Dimensions:
6.4 × 2.4 × 6.3 cm (2 1/2 × 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Material:
Bibliography:
Gurley: Engineering Instruments
Description:
Two metal loops attached by screws to a third piece of metal, elliptical with a curved grip. Some oxidation.
Signedengraved on metal loop: LUFKIN
FunctionFor gripping surveying tape along its lenth in order to exert tension. User first pulls loops apart, inserts the tape between them, then pushes loops back together to clamp down on tape.
Primary Sources"LUFKIN Measuring tapes." Gurley Engineering Instruments (1938): 1015.
ProvenancePrivate Donor, 2003.