Object Details
- Description
- This steel measuring tape has a brass case, handle, and folding crank. It measures 25 meters long, and is numbered every meter. The "A. LINGKE & CO IN FREIBERG" inscription refers to an instrument firm that was in business, as such, from 1859 to 1889.
- Albert Joseph Seligman (1859-1935) probably bought this tape when he studied mining engineering at Freiberg. He probably donated it to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his alma mater, around 1899, when he obtained a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- August Lingke & Co.
- Credit Line
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Civil Engineering
- Measurements
- overall length: 25 m; 82 1/32 ft
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 23.495 cm x 22.225 cm
- Object Name
- Measuring Tape
- measuring tape
