Gauge, type
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 72 PICAS/12 IN.
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0593.001
- 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.3 cm
- Width
- 1.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN ONE MAN JOB SHOP OF THE 1920'S - Function
-
TO MEASURE (TYPE, LEADS ETC.) IN PICAS OR INCHES - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CALIBRATED WITH PICAS (1-72) ON ONE SIDE & INCHES (1-12) ON OTHER/ AT TOP '6 & 12 PT INCHES'/ AT BOTTOM 'TIME SAVERS/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ FOR PRINTERS/ PAT PEND/ CHICAGO/ USA'/ ON BACK IS ENGRAVED OR STAMPED IN 'J. Pare_'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/28/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- GOLD-COLOURED, SOME BLACK SPOTS, POSSIBLY INK
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Gauge, type, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0593, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0593.001/
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