“GAGE FOR SHEARS” — A RULE ACCESSORY FOR SCISSORS, 1875, patented by John Lamb of Jeffersonville in Sullivan County, New York, granted U.S. patent 170,570 on 30 November 1875. This curious rule is made of a tapered strip of brass, folded and mounted with a sliding stop. This life-size “model” has an overall length of 8-5/8” (22 cm), and the upper surface is graduated every quarter-inch from 0 to 8. Condition is complete and fine except the brass now
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