Typecaster
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPOSITION
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0518.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ RUBBER/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 119.0 cm
- Width
- 108.0 cm
- Height
- 162.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typecasting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Monotype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CAST & COMPOSE PIECES OF TYPE & THEN JUSTIFY THEM, AS DIRECTED BY A PERFORATED PAPER TAPE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST IN 'MONOTYPE', PLATE 'Registered/ In U.S. Patent Office'/ COMPONENTS INCLUDE 'PARTLOW CONTROL/ MODEL/ M4-J49-10KL', 'CANADIAN/ CUTLER- HAMMER/...MOTOR CONTROL', 'WESTINGHOUSE/ TYPE FS MOTOR'/ PLATE ON SIDE 'U.S. PATENT NO./ 2159475'/ PLATE 'CANADIAN GOVERNMENT/ PRINTING BUREAU/ EQUIP. NO. 34079/ DO NOT REMOVE'/ STENCILLED ON '1.132.31'
- Missing
- From CA of 02/17/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED GREY, SOME WORKING PTS GREY OR SILVER-COLOURED (UNFINISHED), SOME BLACK, A FEW BRASS-COLOURED WORKING PTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Typecaster, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1977.0518, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0518.001/
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