Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/SCREW/6 IN.
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0552.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 1.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To set type by hand at a pre-determined length. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A COMMON SREW STICK, THE OLDEST FORM OF COMPOSING STICK - WHICH WAS IN USE WITH FEW VARIATIONS UNTIL THE NINETEENTH CENTURY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED INSIDE HEAD & ON KNEE '47', OTHER MARKINGS ON KNEE ILLEGIBLE
- Missing
- From CA of 11/29/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SILVER-COLOURED, DARKENED IN AREAS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Composing stick, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1975.0552, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0552.001/
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