Parallel rule

Brass protractor

Rule: Wooden parallel rule joined by brass bars.

Protractor and movable arm: Dia. 3.0" (7.7 cm) brass semicircular protractor, graduated 90 - 0 - 90 by 1 degree, with a movable arm 15.75" (40.0 cm) long attached to the upper half of the parallel ruler in a slot along which it slides.

In fitted wooden box which has instructions for use pasted inside the lid.

Object Details

ID: NAV0620
Type: Parallel rule
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Worbe, T G
Date made: circa 1890
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 457 mm x 97 mm