Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/TOOTH & SLOT/58 PICA/BRACED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0455.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROUSE, H.B. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- R 5719
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 1.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 2.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ROUSE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To set type by hand at a pre-determined length which could be frequently adjusted for jobbing work. - Technical
-
THE ROUSE JOB STICK WAS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM CONVENTIONAL STICKS OF THE TIME/ RECTANGULAR PERFORATIONS ON THE RAIL WERE ENGAGED BY A RACK MOUNTED ON THE KNEE WHICH, WHEN CLAMPED, PROVIDED AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SET MEASURE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED 'PRESS KNEE BACK/ [ARROW POINTING LEFT]/ BEFORE CLAMPING/ MADE BY/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.' & 'R5719', & 'MADE BY/ The Pica- Stick/ H.B. ROUSE & CO. CHICAGO'/ ON KNEE 'R5719'/ CALIBRATED SCALE ON SIDE MARKED FROM 0-57
- Missing
- From CA of 11/30/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SILVER-COLOURED, A FEW SPOTS OF BLUE, BLACK, RED, GREEN, A FEW SLIGHTLY RUSTY AREAS ON FRONT
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Composing stick, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1976.0455, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0455.001/
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