Foot Rule
Date1800-1850
OriginAmerica
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/16 × 1 × 5/16 in (30.6 × 2.5 × 0.8cm)
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
1678 (dated)
ca. 1897-1930
ca.1773
Dated 1712
1815-1825
1774-1788
1740-1790