Rule, Forms Handling and Data Systems by Standard Register

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Chicago Etching Corporation
Description
This stainless steel rule is designed for use in designing forms and program printouts. On one side it has a scale of equal parts 16 inches long divided to 1/32th of an inch, and another scale of 16 inches divided into 160 parts (10 per inch). The other side has a scale 40 centimeters long divided to half centimeters. There also is a scale of form widths in inches, and a scale of equal parts ranging from 0 to 96. There also are scales of file hole spacings.
A mark on the object reads: FORM HANDLING AND DATA SYSTEMS (/) BY STANDARD REGISTER. Another mark reads: CHICAGO (/) ETCHING (/) CORPORATION.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Barry S. Berg
ID Number
2010.0239.03
catalog number
2010.0239.03
accession number
2010.0239
Object Name
rule
Measurements
overall: .1 cm x 41.6 cm x 3.4 cm; 1/32 in x 16 3/8 in x 1 11/32 in
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Scale Rules
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1422425
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8463-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Rule, Form Handling and Data Systems by Standard Register
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