Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/TOOTH & SLOT/22 PICA/BRACED
- DATE
- 1901
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0878.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROUSE, H.B. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CC747
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STAINLESS STEEL, IN CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.3 cm
- Width
- 6.2 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ROUSE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To set type by hand at a pre-determined length which could be frequently adjusted for jobbing work. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ROUSE JOB STICK, A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM CONVENTIONAL STICKS OF THE TIME, RECTANGULAR PERFORATIONS ON THE REAR WALL OF THE STICK WERE ENGAGED BY A RACK MOUNTED IN THE KNEE WHICH, WHEN CLAMPED, PROVIDED AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SET MEASURE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED 'STAINLESS STEEL/ PRESS KNEE BACK/ [ARROW POINTING LEFT] BEFORE CLAMPING/ MADE BY/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.', 'CC747'/ ON KNEE '[C]C747'/ ON BOX 'ROUSE JOB STICK', STAMPED ON END '6"/ STAINLESS'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/25/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SILVER COLOUR, A FEW SMALL SMUDGES OF RED (INK?) ON BACK/BROWN CARDBOARDBOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Composing stick, after 1901, Artifact no. 1977.0878, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0878.001/
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