Boxwood & Brass Slide Rule
A ship candlers’ boxwood and brass slide gauge for measuring and costing ‘Shroud Tard Hemp’, ‘Laid Manilla’, ‘Hawser Tard Hemp’, ‘Chain’, etc., etc.. Stamped A Thomson Black & Co. Glasgow.
4 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in
Archibald Thomson, Black & Co was a long-lived wire rope manufacturer working out of Anderston Quay and the Shettleston areas of Glasgow. Their working dates are recorded as 1842-1965. This rule dating from around the middle of the 19th century at around the time of their establishment.
Item code: 5963
£165
