Calipers, Timber
- Object Name:
- Calipers, Timber
- Object ID:
- 1992.075.03
- Creator:
- Taggart, Thomas R. (1863-1934); Hoyt, Thomas Rowell, Jr. (1811-1898) -- Toolmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Goffstown, NH
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Log caliper. Made by Thomas R. Taggart (1863-1934), Goffstown, NH. Wood with brass tips on jaws. Printed paper label on fixed jaw: "HOYT'S IMPROVED PATENT CALIPER L[OG SCALE] / Awarded a Diploma at the N.H. St[tate Agricultural] Fair, Octob[er 1885 / Manufactured by T. R. TAGGART, Mathema[tic]al [Instr]ument Maker, P. O. address Grasmere, N.H. / Directions to Measure by the Rule - Measure the length of your log in feet, and place the fingers / to span the log in the centre. Look for the length of the bl[...] figures on the sliding finger; on / the flat rule is the answer in cubic feet and tenths. Those le[ft of] the line a[re] feet; right of the [lin]e / tenths of a foot. WARRANTED CORRECT." On orange paper with state seal.
- Material:
- Wood
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-20.6 L-37 D-0.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Taggart, Thomas R. (1863-1934)
- Subjects:
- Logging, Lumber industry, Measuring, Timber
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