Tester, paper thickness
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0132.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Randall & Stickney
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Waltham, Massachusetts, 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/synthetic knob.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 11.2 cm
- Height
- 19.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Randall Stickney
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Waltham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used to measure thickness of paper. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White dial face with black scale & lettering reading "RANDALL & STICKNEY/PAT'D AUG. 21'85/WALTHAM, MASS./ 1 DEG., 1/1000 INCH"/gold painted lettering reading "A. STORRS/&/BEMENT CO./SELLING AGTS/BOSTON MASS." on base.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Painted black enamel/plated dial casing, knobs,levers etc/red-brown synthetic.
- Decoration
- Gold painted linear design around edge of circular base, & stylized floral & abstract patterns covering most of black painted surface.
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Randall & Stickney, Tester, paper thickness, after 1885, Artifact no. 1986.0132, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0132.001/
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