History
The first record of the use of the tape measure was by the Romans using marked strips of leather. On 3 January 1922, Hiram Farrand received the patent he filed in 1919. Sometime between 1922 and December 1926, Farrand experimented with the help of The Brown Company in Berlin, New Hampshire. It is there Hiram and W.W. Brown began mass producing the tape measure. Their product was later sold to Stanley Works.
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