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Cox & Stevens/United States Army Air Forces rolling ruler

Brass base with trapezoidal cross-section, into which are inserted two knurled brass wheels, one near each end. To the outside of each of the wheels are two L-shaped brass plates, bolted to the base at one end and bolted to one another at the other. Between the two wheels is a raised brass rectangle.

Printed along the top and bottom edges of the rule is a scale carrying values from 0 to 90. Below the left end of each scale is printed: "MAP SCALE / 1=500,000".

Cox & Stevens/United States Army Air Forces rolling ruler

Cox & Stevens/United States Army Air Forces rolling ruler

Cox & Stevens Aircraft Corporation
circa 1942
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