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Description: Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch - in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford Scales shown: Hamburgh - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.2 mm Austrian - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 25.8 mm Itallian - Inch divided into 8 parts. 1 inch ≈ 28.3 mm Bremen - Inch divided into 10 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.7 mm Swedish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 24.3 mm Turkish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 31.3 mm Bavarian - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 24.0 mm Spanish - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.0 mm Portuguese - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.0 mm Moscow - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.7 mm Russian - Vershok divided into 8 parts. 1 vershok ≈ 44.1 mm Amsterdam - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 23.5 mm Rhynland - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 26.1 mm French - Inch divided into 12 parts. 1 inch ≈ 27.0 mm Fr. Metre - Centimetres divided into Millimetres. English - Inch divided into 32 parts. 1 inch ≈ 25.3 mm
Title: Inch converter
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