''GJove-fit,'7 a new devuce_, which measures hand sizes accurately and gives finger lengths in terms of glovl sizesj.is now being, distributed to retail stores in America. This new instvument was designed espeoially by Professor A. C. Davis, who is consulting engineer and a member of the engmeering faeulty of Cornell University. When a person 's hand is insej-ted through a metal strap, the middle finger pushes agaiiu a movable button as- far as the stops between the fingers will perm'it. After this simple operation the saies clerk tarns the adjustment knob nntil the metal strap is tightened firmly against the hand. Both hand width and finger length are registered on ihe iustrument's dial.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 10
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