Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/TOOTH & SLOT/57 PICA/BRACED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0148.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROUSE, H.B. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- M5376
- 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
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 6.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ROUSE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- 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
- 'PRESS KNEE BACK [ARROW POINTING LEFT]/ BEFORE CLAMPING/ MADE BY/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.', 'M5376'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SILVER-COLOURED
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Composing stick, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1977.0148, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0148.001/
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