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English: Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch - in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

Scales shown:

  • Hamburgh - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.2 mm
  • Austrian - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 25.8 mm
  • Itallian - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 28.3 mm
  • Bremen - Inch divided into 10 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.7 mm
  • Swedish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 24.3 mm
  • Turkish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 31.3 mm
  • Bavarian - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 24.0 mm
  • Spanish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.0 mm
  • Portuguese - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.0 mm
  • Moscow - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.7 mm
  • Russian - Vershok divided into 8 parts. 1 vershok ≈ 44.1 mm
  • Amsterdam - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.5 mm
  • Rhynland - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 26.1 mm
  • French - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.0 mm
  • Fr. Metre - Centimetres divided into Millimetres.
  • English - Inch divided into 32 parts. 1 inch ≈ 25.3 mm
Date 26 June 2004 (original upload date)
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Author ChrisO

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  • 2004-06-26 17:30 Vanished user 03 600×337× (78420 bytes) Mid-[[19th century]] tool for converting between different standards of the [[inch]] - in the [[Museum of the History of Science]], [[Oxford]]

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