Grind Gauge
Grind Gauge
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- Description
- One inscription on this grind gauge reads “NORTH STANDARD GRADUATIONS.” Another reads “PRECISION GAGE & TOOL CO. DAYTON O.” The firm was formed in 1929, by James E. Jacklin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Fineness Grind Gauge, Paints
- Date made
- ca. 1930
- maker
- Precision Gage & Tool Company
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Dayton
- Measurements
- scraper: 83 mm x 32 mm x 5 mm; 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/16 in
- gauge: 12 cm x 64 cm x 12 cm; 4 3/4 in x 25 3/16 in x 4 3/4 in
- ID Number
- CH.333865
- catalog number
- 333865
- accession number
- 1981.0514
- catalog number
- 1984.0514.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Precision Gauge & Tool Co.
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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