Tester, paper strength
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1884
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0131.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MORRISON, HOWARD L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal/ wood handle grip.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.2 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 19.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MORRISON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- District of Columbia
- City
- Washington
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used to test strength of paper - measures 5-150 lbs. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Buff dial face with black printed scale & lettering reading "MORRISON & HERRON'S,/PAPER TESTING/STRENGTH INDICATOR/PATENTED JAN. 15, 1884/ADDRESS/HOWARD L. MORRISON/WASHINGTON/D.C." & red printed operating instructions.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Painted black enemal/ plated parts/ brown stained wood.
- Decoration
- Painted gold stylized leaf & flower patterns covering most of black painted surface.
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MORRISON, HOWARD L., Tester, paper strength, after 1884, Artifact no. 1986.0131, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0131.001/
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