Gauge, type
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 108 PICAS/18 IN.
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0594.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Acme
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD WITH METAL EDGE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.7 cm
- Width
- 3.9 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
- Acme
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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 IN PICAS AND/OR INCHES (MEASURING TYPE, LEADS ETC.) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2: 4 CALIBRATED SCALES EACH, LABELED 'ACME MADE IN CANADA' (SCALEIS IN INCHES); 'PICAS & NONP.'; '10 Point'; '8 Point'/.1 ALSO 'TYPOGRAPHERS PHONES AD.4127/AD.4128 CORNISH & WIMPENNY LIMITED/ 122 ADELAIDE ST. WEST TORONTO, CANADA PHONES AD.4127/AD.4128 TYPEMAKERS' & 'LEADS*SLUGS*HAND COMPOSITION*ORNAMENTS BORDERS/ MONOTYPECOMPOSITION*HARD METAL TYPE IN FONTS STRIP RULES*SPACES*QUADS*QUOTATIONS*SORTS/ MAKE-UP*LOCK-UP*COMPLETE MONOTYPE MAKEUP'/.2 'Hard Metal Type in Fonts CORNISH & WIMPENNY LIMITED/ 129 ADELAIDE STREET WEST TORONTO, CANADA Composition and Make-up' & 'Typographers PHONES AD.4127/AD.4128 CORNISH & WIMPENNY LIMITED/ 129 ADELAIDE STREET WEST TORONTO, CANADA Typemakers', HANDWRITTEN 'PARE'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/28/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD WITH SCALE MARKED IN BLACK & RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Acme, Gauge, type, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0594, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0594.001/
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