folding rule

Example Sentences

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He took a thin folding rule of aluminum from a waistcoat pocket, and applied it to the most clearly defined of the three footprints.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis

An ordinary foot rule, or a folding rule, will give results sufficiently accurate for the water prospector in this instance.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving

Having made a rough sketch of the weapon on his block, Thorndyke produced from his bag a folding rule and a delicate calliper-gauge.

From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)

He took from his pocket a folding rule of ivory, opened it, and began a series of measurements so searching and intricate that half an hour passed without a word being spoken.

From The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story by Stevenson, Burton Egbert