Object Details
Description
This undivided black hard-rubber rule is beveled along both long edges. It is marked: I. R. C. CO. (/) GOODYEAR. Scratched on the back of the rule is: Brereton. IRC, or Inoue Rubber Company, was established in Japan in 1926 to make bicycle tires and tubes. The reference to Goodyear is likely to the manufacturing process pioneered by Charles Goodyear and not to the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Brereton was presumably the original owner of the instrument, which was acquired by the Museum in 1961. Compare to MA.327306.
Reference: IRC Tire, "About Us," http://www.irc-tire.com/en/bc/company/
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1926–1961
ID Number
MA.319738
accession number
239019
catalog number
319738
Object Name
rule
Physical Description
hard rubber (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .5 cm x 45.4 cm x 3.6 cm; 3/16 in x 17 7/8 in x 1 13/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Engineering
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904686