Bevel square, Hancock, MA

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Object ID:

1959.11006.1

Community:

Massachusetts, Hancock

Makers

Shaker

Description

A bevel square that folds into a rectangular block. The arm is likely repurposed from a thermometer as indicated by the stamped scale. The scale is in increments of two with every fifth line marked with an integer starting at -10 and increasing to 210. At different increments the scale is marked: at 32, "FREEz / ING"; at 55, "TEMPE / RATE"; at 76, "SUM[?] / HEAT"; at 98, "BLOOD / HEAT"; at 112, "FEVER / HEAT"; at 176, "SPIRITS / BOIL".

Massachusetts Hancock

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