Eleven Measurement Tools in Teak Box

A collection of eleven various rules, scales and gauges,…
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A collection of eleven various rules, scales and gauges, including a Rabone four-fold 12' rule, rope gauges, micrometers, ebony parallel rule, etc. In small teak box. Provenance: The Jack Thornton estate collection.

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  • Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.

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