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208144 "John Manners" <jmanners@p...> 2010‑09‑08 Re: Re: ID: strange scaling ruler
paul womack wrote:

> I still have this ruler, and I still hadn't ID'd it (last posted in 
> September 2007)
>
> In a moment of boredom, I googled "18 3/4" and this time...
> I got a hit!
>
> http://williamsclothiers.com/2009/06/deveres-graduated-rulers/
>
> In short, it's what we all knew it was  - it's a proportionating 
> ruler,
> for working in a clothes cutting system designed by one
> Louis Devere.

Give this man  a cigar for persistence above and beyond the call of 
duty.

And for rediscovery of a quite an ingenious tool, to boot.

Regards from Brisbane,

John Manners 

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