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European Map Measure

Item#: SNI1275

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Map Measure Made in Europe for the British Market. This is a pocket size instrument to determine distances of roads, rivers, walls, etc. on maps and plans according to scales indicated on a dial. This small device has a tracing wheel and two dials with 5 scales: Statute miles, Nautical miles and kilometers on one side and 2 converting scales inches to miles or verstes and centimeters to kilometers, on the other. The verste is an old route measurement used in Russia, which converts to 1067 meters (about two thirds of a mile). The dial is marked Foreign.