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2. Combination square - Wikipedia

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   Type of square. Inventor. Laroy S. Starrett (1877) A combination square is a multi-purpose measuring and marking tool used in metalworking, woodworking, and stonemasonry. It is composed of a rule and one or more interchangeable heads that can be attached to the rule. [1][2] Other names for the tool include adjustable square, combo square, and ...

3. L. S. Starrett Company - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.starrett.com. The L. S. Starrett Company is an American manufacturer of tools and instruments used by machinists, tool and die makers, and the construction industry. The company was founded by businessman and inventor Laroy Sunderland Starrett in 1880. The company patented such items as the sliding combination square, bench vises ...

4. Talk:L. S. Starrett Company - Wikipedia

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   3 Starrett enters into merger agreement; to become private company? 1 comment. ... then searching for the exact phrase "combination square" with dates 1800 to 1890 ...

5. Brown & Sharpe - Wikipedia

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   Brown & Sharpe is a division of Hexagon AB, a Swedish multinational corporation focused mainly on metrological tools and technology. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Brown & Sharpe was one of the best-known and most influential machine tool builders and was a leading manufacturer of instruments for machinists (such as micrometers and indicators).

6. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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   [5] [6] Centre squares are also manufactured to be used as a head for a combination square. [7] Combination square, or sliding square A combination square features a ruler (the blade) which can be slid and adjusted within a head (the stock). The head usually has one face at 90° to the ruler, and another face at 45° to the ruler.

7. Combinatorial design - Wikipedia

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   Combinatorial designs date to antiquity, with the Lo Shu Square being an early magic square.One of the earliest datable application of combinatorial design is found in India in the book Brhat Samhita by Varahamihira, written around 587 AD, for the purpose of making perfumes using 4 substances selected from 16 different substances using a magic square.