Scleroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1001.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SHORE INSTRUMENT & MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- SCLEROSCOPE TESTING SET
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- INSTRUMENT IS CAST IRON AND STEEL/ SUPPLIED IN AN OAK CASE
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
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral extraction
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SHORE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
TO DETERMINE THE HARDNESS OF A MATERIAL - Technical
-
This type of Scelroscope was developed by Alfred F. Shore, founder of Shore Instrument & MFG. CO., in 1908. This Sceleroscope used rebounding hardness to test materials without marking them. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN NICKLE PLATED ON MOST WORKING SURFACES AND BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED ON SUPPORT SECTIONS (WITH ELABORATE SCROLL-WORK)
- Decoration
- N/A
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SHORE INSTRUMENT & MFG. CO., Scleroscope, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1969.1001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1001.001/
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