Walking Wheel Log Caliper
E. S. Lane, Upton, Maine
about 1920
Linear rule of ash, 10-spoke wheel of oak spokes mounted on brass circles
Overall: 36 × 10 in. (91.4 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.40
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Surveying
Not on view
Published References
Butterworth & Blumenberg, "Ellsworth S. Lane (1872-1945): A Maine Ruler Maker and Scaler," The Chronicle 46(1).
Provenance
Giiven by Estate of George Howard Richardson, Class of 1914, about 1982; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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