Pipe Pit Gage in Case
Pipe Pit Gage in Case
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- Description
- This flat metal gage has a movable arm. It was used to measure the depth of pits in pipe. The instrument has a black leather case.
- Objects MA.321743 and MA.321744 are very similar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Gauge
- date made
- ca 1950
- maker
- Moorland Company
- place made
- United States: Oklahoma, Tulsa
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (case material)
- Measurements
- overall:.3 cm x 8.1 cm x 14 cm; 1/8 in x 3 3/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- ID Number
- MA.321744
- catalog number
- 321,744
- accession number
- 246,883
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Interstate Commerce Commission
- subject
- Mathematics
- oil
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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