General Information

Serial #

M 10721R

Part Number

1

Total Parts

53

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL WITH WOOD, GLASS & SYNTHETIC PTS/.2-.17 METAL & GLASS,.2-.14 IN WOOD, FOAM & FELT CASES;.18-.25 METAL;.26 METAL & GLASS;.27 METAL, GLASS, SYNTHETIC IN WOOD & FELT CASE;.28-.29 METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

127.0 cm

Width

111.0 cm

Height

86.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MONOTYPE

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO SET TYPE ON FILM, AS DIRECTED BY A PERFORATED PAPER TAPE, THAT IS THEN TRANSFERRED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY TO A PLATE APPROPRIATE TO THE PRINTING PROCESS TO BE EMPLOYED

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HOT-METAL TYPESETTING TECHNOLOGY ADAPTED FOR USE ASPHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTER/ PROVIDES EXTRA VERSATILITY, WITH FEATURES SUCH AS INTERLINEAR SPACING, DOUBLE EXPOSURE & SUPERIOR & INFERIOR CHARACTERS FROM THE SAME NEGATIVES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE 'MONOTYPE/ MACHINE/ THE MONOTYPE CORPORATION LIMITED/ LONDON/ PATENTS/ 2725801'/ CAST IN 'REGISTERED TRADEMARK/ MONOTYPE' & 'MONOPHOTO'/ OTHER MARKINGS 'SET CHANGE GEAR COVER'/ COMPONENT MKGS INCLUDE '220 VOLT [?] PHASE/ 60 CYCLES/ ISOLATE BEFORE/ REMOVING COVER', 'MOTOR ISOLATOR SWITCH/ CONTROL SWITCH/ MOTOR/ MOTOR & LAMP/ MOTOR & CLUTCH/ MOTOR, LAMP & CLUTCH', 'FILL DASHPOTS TO WITHIN 1/2 OF TOP/ WITH OIL SUPPLIED' 'ISOLATE SUPPLY/ BEFORE REMOVING/ COVER' & LABEL '1065A'/ SEE SUPP. INF. FOR MORE MKGS

Missing

From CA of 01/04/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

PAINTED GREY, BLACK & SILVER-TONE PTS/.2-.17 SILVER-TONE FRAMEWORK, BLACK & CLEAR CENTRAL SECTION/.18-.25 PAINTED GREY, BLACK & SILVER-TONE PTS, GOLD-TONE MKGS/.26 BLACK MATTE FINISH & SLIGHTLY FROSTED GLASS/.27 BLACK FINISH, WHITE LETTERING/.28-.29 PAINTED GREY WITH BLACK & SILVER-TONE PTS

Decoration

N/A