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OBJECT TYPE: DOUBLE GRIP
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0836.001

MANUFACTURER: MEGILL, EDWARD L. CO.
MODEL: DOUBLE GRIP GAUGE
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL GAUGES WITH NON-FERROUS METAL TONGUES/ STEEL KEY ON CARDBOARD CARD/ CARDBOARD BOX/ PAPER ENVELOPE

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MEGILL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Brooklyn

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.2 INCISED "MEGILL'S PATENT/ DOUBLE-GRIP GAUGE/ FEB. 19, 1924/.3 BLACK LETTERING ON CARD READS IN PART "DOUBLE-/ GRIP (R)/ GAUGE", "Manufactured only by/ The Edw. L. Megill Co./ 761 Atlantic Ave./ Brooklyn 38, N.Y./ Established 1870/ Pioneer of Gauge Pins/ throughout the World./ MADE in U.S.A./ IMPROVED/ Patented Feb. 19, 1924"; "MEGILL'S/ PATENT/ DOUBLE-/ GRIP (R)/ GAUGE/ $2.00 set of 3/ HAND FEEDING/ extra tongues." & "MACHINE FEED SIDE TONGUE PAT. MAR. 8, 1921"/.4 BLACK LETTERING READS "DOUBLE-/ GRIP (R)/ GAUGES/ MEGILL'S PATENT/ One Set/ $2.OO/ EQUIPPED/ FOR/ HAND/ FEEDING" (CONT'D IN DECORATION)
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: WHITE BOX/ BROWN & BRASS COLOURED GAUGE PARTS/ BUFF CARDWITH BLACK KEY/ WHITE ENVELOPE & BRASS COLOURED TONGUES
Decoration: .3-.4 B&W DRAWINGS OF GAUGE/.4 MARKINGS: BLACK LETTERING READING "PIONEER OF GAUGE PINS TO THE WORLD./ INVENTOR, PATENTEE, AND MANUFACTURER OF GAUGE PINS,/ GAUGES, FEED GUIDES, GRIPPER CROSS BARS, FINGERS ETC./ ORIGINATOR OF SELF-ADAPTED, UNIVERSALLY APPLIED/ AUTOMATIC SHEET-SETTING DEVICES FOR FINE COLOR WORK/ ON THE PLATEN JOB PRESS"; "THE EDWARD L. MEGILL CO./ 761-3 ATLANTIC AVE., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK"

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MEGILL, EDWARD L. CO., Gauge, after 1924, Artifact no. 1997.0836, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0836.001/

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