Heres a peak at a Farrand Rapid Rule. These where the first retractable pocket tape measures sold. They were the predecessor to the self retractable tape. At the start of the 1920s, Mr. Hiram A. Farrand created a ruler that he called “The Farrand Rapid Rule” and received the patent for this invention on January 3. 1922. Mr. Farrand left his job at Brown Company and started his own factory in 1927. The Hiram A. Farrand Inc. stood on the corner of Coos and Champlain streets. During his first year

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