French Pedometer c.1914 Magnetic Dial ’St’ means the shell case

’St’ means the shell case was strengthened

dying in poverty in 1843 and being buried in the Strand Union Workhouse cemetery

Parts I and II have an accompanying map section

suggests that the card was made before the patent expired in 1868

French Pedometer c.1914 Magnetic Dial ’St’ means the shell caseA nickel plated brass cased pedometer, dating from c. 1914. With a white enamel dial, blued pointers, and bevelled glass. The three scales on the dial are 0 1760 yards (1 mile), 1 10 miles, and 10 100 miles. The dials are zeroed by means of a push button at the bow. The detachable belt clip at the bow is marked 'Depose, Paris'. There are no makers marks, but pedometers with exactly this type of dial design were produced by the well known French maker