Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FIXED/2 1/8 IN. COLUMN
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1081.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROUSE, H.B. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 1.7 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
-
(General):To set type by hand at a pre-determined length. (Specific):Used to hand set column type for newspaper/magazine printing. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MADE BY/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/29/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- APPEARS ORIG. SILVER-COLOURED, NOW CONSIDERABLY DARKENED, CORRODED & RUSTY
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Composing stick, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1081.001/
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