Slide Rule
Bently Group
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
29 cm (length)8 cm (width)
Place of origin
Leicester
Order this imageCollection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453785
Summary
A slide rule by the Bentley Group (Leicester) for comparing yarn counts (white with blue and black print), plastic with a clear rectangular viewer (with red line down the centre) showing the scale on the sliding rule beneath.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: blue text; 'Builders of the world's most comprehensive Knitting Machines' Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: blue text; 'Builders of the world's most comprehensive Knitting Machines' Reverse: text in a column down the side of the window; KGS./LBS./GRAMS/OUNCES/METERS/FEET/CMS./INCHES Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: blue text; 'Builders of the world's most comprehensive Knitting Machines' Reverse: text in a column down the side of the window; KGS./LBS./GRAMS/OUNCES/METERS/FEET/CMS./INCHES Reverse: text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: blue text; 'Builders of the world's most comprehensive Knitting Machines' Reverse: text in a column down the side of the window; KGS./LBS./GRAMS/OUNCES/METERS/FEET/CMS./INCHES Reverse: text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP Reverse: beneath logo; THE BENTLEY ENGINEERING CO. LTD. /BENTLEY MACHINERY INC.,PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND,U.S.A./WILLIAM COTTON LTD. /WILDT MELLOR BROMLEY LTD. /W.J.WESTAWAY CO. LTD.,HAMILTON, /ONTARIO,CANADA Front: across the top in inches; 1-7 Front: across the bottom in millimeters; 1-18 Front: bold text in a column down the side of the window; NO. OF YARDS PER LB./COTTON COUNT/WORSTED COUNT/CUT/RUN/METRIC/TEX/GRAINS PER 50 YDS./DENIER Front: bold text; YARN COUNT CONVERSIONS Front: bold text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP LEICESTER ENGLAND Front: blue text; 'Builders of the world's most comprehensive Knitting Machines' Reverse: text in a column down the side of the window; KGS./LBS./GRAMS/OUNCES/METERS/FEET/CMS./INCHES Reverse: text surrounded by blue detail; BENTLEY GROUP Reverse: beneath logo; THE BENTLEY ENGINEERING CO. LTD. /BENTLEY MACHINERY INC.,PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND,U.S.A./WILLIAM COTTON LTD. /WILDT MELLOR BROMLEY LTD. /W.J.WESTAWAY CO. LTD.,HAMILTON, /ONTARIO,CANADA Across the slide rule: various,numerical
Makers and roles
Bently Group, manufacturer