Single-Groove Rule

Wood Rule No. 11

Wells & Webb
1–line

Wells & Webb showed single-groove rule as early as 1840, but did not explicitly offer them for sale until the 1849 Specimens of Wood Type.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Cooley/ No. 9/ c. 1859–1863
Hamilton/ Wood Rule No. 5/ 1884; renamed New Series R in 1897 and then No. 612 in the March 1926 specimen brochure, Gothics and Wood Border; both sold on the point system
Knox/ No. 11/ 1858
Morgans & Wilcox/ No. 40/ 1890
Page/ No. 25/ 1859

Wood Rule No. 9

Wells & Webb
1½–line

Wells & Webb showed single-groove rule as early as 1840, but did not explicitly offer them for sale until the 1849 Specimens of Wood Type.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Cooley/ No. 8/ c. 1859–1863
Hamilton/ Wood Rule No.5/ 1884; renamed New Series U in 1897 and then No. 618 in the March 1926 specimen brochure, Gothics and Wood Border; both sold on the point system
Knox/ No. 9/ 1858
Morgans & Wilcox/ No. 50/ 1890
Page/ No. 21/ 1859

Wood Rule No. 7

Wells & Webb
2–line

Wells & Webb showed single-groove rule as early as 1840, but did not explicitly offer them for sale until the 1849 Specimens of Wood Type.

Name used and first showing by other manufacturers:
Cooley/ No. 7/ c. 1859–1863
Hamilton/ Wood Rule No.4/ 1884; renamed New Series W in 1897 and then No. 624 in the March 1926 specimen brochure, Gothics and Wood Border; both sold on the point system
Knox/ No. 7/ 1858
Morgans & Wilcox/ No. 54/ 1890
Page/ No. 19/ 1859