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OBJECT TYPE: BROADCAST/TAILGATE/ROTARY IMPELLER
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0708.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ WOOD/ STEEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 129.0 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Height: 35.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Cultivation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1918 +
Canada: Unknown
Function: DEVICE ATTACHED TO END OF WAGON BOX & USED TO SOW CEREAL GRAINS & GRASSES BY DROPPING SEED OR FERTILIZER ON TO PREPARED SOIL AS WAGON WAS DRAWN THROUGH FIELD; SEED WAS USUALLY COVERED WITH SOIL BY SUBSEQUENT HARROWING.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TAILGATE OR END-GATE BROADCAST SEEDER CONSISTING OF MACHINE ATTACHED TO REAR OF WAGON BOX. INTRODUCED IN 1860S, THESE MOST COMMONLY USED ROTATION TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM DRIVEN BY REAR WAGON WHEEL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: DRIVE CHAIN From CA of 07/23/1997 by Gordon Perrault: Yes - artifact is presently dismantled and appears incomplete
Finish: FINISH & DECORATIVE DETAILS OBSCURED BY RUST
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Seeder, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1977.0708, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0708.001/

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