Accession No

2718

Brief Description

surveyor's tape measure, by Rabone Chesterman, English, 1968

Origin

England

Maker

Rabone Chesterman

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1968

Latest Date

1968

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); wood

Dimensions

length 330mm breadth 263mm; height 142mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 01/1981. Purchased Engineering Department, 1968.

Inscription

‘RABONE CHESTERMAN
MADE IN ENGLAND.
20 M No 13. 20˚C 4.5 Kgf.’

Description Notes

20 metre steel tape. Brass handles; first and last metre studded at 1cm intervals after that at 20cm intervals. Wound within 2 steel spools with wooden handle, spindle to wing nut. Brass knob with steel tip.

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