Accession No

4509

Brief Description

‘universal map measurer’, French, 1940-1970

Origin

France

Maker

Class

surveying; cartography

Earliest Date

1940

Latest Date

1970

Inscription Date

Material

plastic; metal (white metal); glass; paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

length 115mm; breadth 37mm; thickness 9mm box length 125mm; breadth 42mm; thickness 18mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated on 10/04/1995.

Inscription

‘DEPOSE
H C’

Description Notes

Waywiser or map measurer with paper dial under glass, and plastic handle. Small cog-wheel at end of instrument turns the needles on the dials. Dial on one side converts Centimetres to Kilometres. The other side measures kilometres, statute miles and nautical miles as required.
Cardboard box carries a full explanation of the use of the instrument and rules for converting between map scale and land measurement.

Condition good; complete

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