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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