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Measuring Rod
Unsigned
15th century; origin unknown
Iron; 232 mm in length

This instrument consists of a slightly tapered iron measuring rod with a small short end lug. The shape of the rod suggests that it was dipped into liquids.

It is numbered 1 to 9 in Gothic numerals .

The instrument was presented to the Museum by W. L. Hildburgh in 1926 and is described in F. A. B. Ward, A Catalogue of European Scientific Instruments in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities of the British Museum (London, 1981), p. 88, no. 246.

Silke Ackermann

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1926,6-11.62

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