Scale, justifying
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- OBJECT TYPE
- typesetter
- DATE
- 1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0774.065
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 21 1/2 Set
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 65
- Total Parts
- 69
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal and paper scale and cylinder with a clear synthetic cover protecting the scale.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 12.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 9.2 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
The justification scale helps the operator to know how much space is left at the end of a line, and thus when to end it. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT IN USE DURING TRANSITION STAGE FROM HOT-METAL TYPESETTING TO PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTING - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On label on the outside of the cylinder: "THE MONOTYPE CORPORATION LIMITED/ Registered MONOTYPE Trade Mark/ 21 1/2 Set/ JUSTIFYING SCALE"/ Stamped in black on the lid: "MADE IN ENGLAND"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Yellowed scale with black markings wrapped around a silver-coloured metal drum. Stored in a brown paper cylinder with an off-white label with black markings and brown paper lid with black stamped markings.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Scale, justifying, after 1926, Artifact no. 1976.0774, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0774.065/
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