Triangular 24-Inch Engineering Scale (30579641960)

Cartographers used this tool to take linear measurements from maps and scale diagrams. If two of its six available scales matched those of a map original and desired copy, the tool could be used to accurately make a scaled copy.

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09/11/2016

Triangular 24-Inch Engineering Scale

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