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OBJECT TYPE: manual/special purpose/circular/paper weight
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0146.001

MANUFACTURER: Eddy, E.B. Co.
MODEL: Eddy Equater
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic/ metal spindle

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 15.2 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Eddy
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: A calculator advertising the Canadian company E.D. Eddy Co. In 1851 Vermont manufacturer E.B. Eddy (1806 -1927) moved his friction match factory to Hull, Quebec where he expanded, modernized & diversified to produce a variety of wood & paper products. The company had paper mills in Hull & Ottawa. In 1951 E.B. Eddy was purchased by G. Weston, & in 1998 by Domtar.
Function: A manual calculating device which used for calculations about printing paper, including comparative weights, prices, counts per bundle as well as multiplication & division.
Technical: An example of a simple calculator enabling calculations about printing paper weights etc. to be made quickly & accurately. This device also advertises Eddy paper products.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Black & white lettering on upper side reads "THE EDDY/ EQUATER" with black scale markings/ black lettering on underside reads "EVERY EDDY PAPER/ TAKES AND MAKES A GOOD IMPRESSION/ Cheneaux Bond/ Rapidrun/ Register Paper/ Multiscript Mimeo/ Multicopy Duplicating/ Century Ledger/ Postrite Ledger/ Express Writing Manilla/ Beacon Cover/ Starbrite Offset/ Wellington Offset/ Ancaster Book/ Niagara Litho/ Tecumseh Bristol/ Guardian Index Bristol/ Mohawk Bristol/ Envelope and Stationary Papers/ Waxing and Laminating/ Sulphites/ Printing and Converting/ Papers for many/ specialized uses" & "THE E.B. EDDY COMPANY - PAPERMAKERS/ MILLS AT HULL AND OTTAWA, CANADA" with instructions for use
Missing: complete
Finish: white disks/ red & black indicator
Decoration: N/A

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Eddy, E.B. Co., Calculator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2004.0146.001/

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