Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/TOOTH & SLOT/22 PICA/MICROMETER
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0877.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROUSE, H.B. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CC2
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STAINLESS STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.3 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
- 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 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICROMETER STICK ALLOWED FOR PREVIOUSLY UNOBTAINABLE ACCURACY IN HAND TYPESETTING, IT COULD HANDLE ODD SIZE TYPE WIDTHS (EX. MONOTYPE) WHICH EARLIER PICA STICKS WOULDN'T - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED 'STAINLESS STEEL/ ROUSE/ MICROMETER/ STICK/ MADE BY/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.', 'PRESS KNEE BACK/ [ARROW POINTING LEFT] BEFORE CLAMPING/ PAT. 1693105', 'CC2'/ ON KNEE 'LIFT THIS CLAMP BEFORE/ CHANGING POINTMEASURE', 'CC2'/ SCALE ON EDGE OF BED MARKED FROM 0-21/ ON BOX 'ROUSE/"FORTY"/This Lead and Rule/ Cutter is the Last Word!/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ 2214 N. WAYNE AVE., CHICAGO', STAMPED 'STAINLESS'/ STICKER ON END 'ONE 6X2 ROUSE/ MICROMETER STICK/ PRICE $'/ ENVELOPE INSIDE BOX 'DO NOT DESTROY/ Instructions and Adjusting wrench for/ Rouse Micrometer Stick/ H.B. ROUSE & CO./ 2214 NORTH WAYNE AVE. - CHICAGO'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/25/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SILVER COLOUR
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROUSE, H.B. & CO., Composing stick, after 1929, Artifact no. 1977.0877, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0877.001/
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