Foot Rule
Date1800-1850
OriginAmerica
MediumWood
DimensionsLength: 12 1/16" Width: 1" Thickness: 5/16"
Credit LineGift of Robert E. Bernard
Object number2011-113
DescriptionOak or ash foot rule, with hand-carved numbers and graduations in inches and half inches only, reading from right to left, on the top side only.Label TextHomemade and simple, this foot long ruler has hand-carved numerals and is graduated in only inches and half inches. American grade school students still use a strikingly similar measuring device.
1700-1800
1815-1825
1766-1777
1678 (dated)
1820-1840
Probably 1738-1740
ca. 1720
1809-1813
ca. 1700
1810-1825