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lmpdev ◴[16 Apr 25 09:44 UTC] No.43703380[source]▶

Looking at type specimens on archive.org this year I was actually getting frustrated with the opaqueness of what a brass rule actually is/was

It makes me wonder how much of our documentation nowadays will be incomprehensible in centuries’ time

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1. thaumasiotes ◴[16 Apr 25 10:34 UTC] No.43703662[source]▶

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Brass rule appears to be... exactly what it sounds like, a straight line made notionally of brass. This isn't exactly an unknown term; compare the <hr> tag.

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