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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/8149/full</value></field><field label="Registration Number" name="invno"><value>MMM 000324</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>Slide Ruler</value></field><field label="Classification(s)" name="classifications"><value>Tools and Equipment / Weights and Measures</value></field><field label="Period" name="period"><value>Early 20th century</value></field><field label="Date" name="displayDate"><value>1903-1938</value></field><field label="Begin Date" name="beginDate"><value>1903</value></field><field label="End Date" name="endDate"><value>1938</value></field><field label="Primary Maker" name="primaryMaker"><value>Dring &amp; Fage</value></field><field label="Artist / Maker / Culture" name="people"><value>Dring &amp; Fage</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>This slide ruler was manufactured by Dring and Fage, of 56, Stamford Street, London. The company were manufacturers of hydrometers and mathematical instruments established in c. 1790 through the partnership of John Dring and William Fage. They traded at various addresses in London, including the above mentioned during the dates 1903 to 1938.</value></field><field label="Inscriptions" name="inscribed"><value>On recto, inscribed "Dring &amp; Fage Makers 56 Stamford St. London" and "Maltese Barrels".</value></field><field label="Provenance" name="provenance"><value>Transferred from the Inquisitor's Palace in December 1990.</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>223 x 1.4 cm</value></field><field label="Museum" name="department"><value>Malta Maritime Museum</value></field><field label="Location" name="locations"><value>Malta Maritime Museum, Second Floor</value></field><field label="Alternate ID Numbers" name="altNums"><value>7281-2</value><value>82955</value><value>EEA.1182</value><value>174</value></field><field label="Public Access" name="onview"><value>0</value></field><field label="Object Type" name="textEntriesObjecttype"><value>Measure, Customs</value></field><field label="Node" name="node"><value>Heritage Malta</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>1014</value></field><field label="Material" name="textEntriesMaterial"><value>Boxwood, brass</value></field><field label="Place of Manufacture" name="textEntriesPlacemade"><value>London</value></field></object>