Accession No
6753
Brief Description
surveyor's set of 9 cardboard scales in a cardboard box, once belonging to J. O. Lewis, English, 1960 (c)
Origin
England
Maker
Eyre and Spottiswoode
Class
surveying; weights & measures
Earliest Date
1960
Latest Date
1960
Inscription Date
Material
paper [cardboard]; ink
Dimensions
box length 333mm, depth 34mm, 13mm; rule length 332mm, depth 3mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Donated on 13 September 1991. Bought from The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London, in 1961.
Inscription
(box)
'EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE
(Publishers) Ltd,
No. 157-2V.
SURVEYOR'S SET
OF
9 CARDBOARD SCALES'
'Supplied by 134. CHARLTON ROAD. KENTON. HARROW. MIDDX.'
'Student's Name J. O. LEWIS. POLYTECHNIC. REGENT ST.'
Description Notes
Surveyor's set of 9 cardboard scales in a cardboard box, once belonging to J. O. Lewis, English, 1960 (c).
All materials are cardboard paper, with ink hand-written words on the dark green cardboard box. The box is able to be lift open with one side attached.
References
Events
Description
This is a surveyor's set containing 9 cardboard scales, produced by Eyre & Spottiswoode and manufactured in China. They were made for draughtsmen's drawing. On the box, the label mentioned "chains", which in the past refer to one of the tools used for measuring and creating surveys. The chains, in this object, refer to length, and are transformed into numbers and printed on cardboard paper.
18/08/2022
Created by: Guey-Mei Hsu on 18/08/2022
FM:47541
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