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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCRIBE/BORDER SUB-DIVIDER
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0169.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION..1 BASE HAS NON-SLIP BACKING;.2 FITTED WITH SYNTHETIC GRIP/RECEPTACLE. STORED IN WOOD CASE. PT STYLI HAVE STEEL TIPS & WOODEN CASING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.6 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 11.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Photogrammetry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED C.LATE 1800S-EARLY 1900S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MARK BY SCRIBING LINES OR PRECISE POINTS ON COPPER PLATES - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SCRIBER OR RULING DEVICE..1 BASE BEARS INCISED PROJECTION LINES;.2 INCORPORATES TWO STEEL POINTS, USED TO PRICK GRATICULES ORCONTROL POINTS ON CONTROL MAPS. THIS DIVIDER PROBABLY USED TO MARK COPPER PLATES. POSSIBLY USED TO PLOT RADIAL LINE TRAVERSES ON PHOTOS MOUNTED ON ALUMINUM PLATES. (REF.3,PP.11+) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE ON INSTRUMENT, SAVE '002736' STAMPED IN PAPER LABEL ON BASE. '3' INCISED IN TOP OF WOODEN CASE. DECAL APPLIED TO CASE BACK READS 'EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL/ R.C./C.R./ EQ. CODE D'EQUIPE/ DO NOT REMOVE/ EMR/ CONTROL DES STOCKS/ 634 002736/ 6675-21-AAA-0258/ NE PAS ENLEVER'. ONE MARKING STYLI STAMPED 'MADE IN SWITZERLAND SENEFEIDER CO. NEW YORK'. 'Saphire Gauge/ For Subdivider' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON SMALL PLEXIGLASS PLATE
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BRIGHT SILVER METAL FINISH ON.1 &.2. BLACK RUBBER (?) LINER ON.1 BASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Scriber, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1996.0169, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0169.001/
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