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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0966.004
- MANUFACTURER
- PHOTON INC.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS & METAL & SYNTHETIC, & FOAM (?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHOTON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Wilmington
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO AUTOMATICALLY SET TYPE ON FILM OR PAPER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTER WHICH USES A SPINNING NEGATIVE DISK & SEVERAL DIFFERENT LENSES, THEREBY PROVIDING A POTENTIAL OF 192 FONTS FROM ONE DISK/PHOTON WAS A LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "PHOTON, Inc./ DISC 2F-[0337]/ [#3]"/ "PATENTS PENDING" (info. in square brackets is handwritten]
- Missing
- From CA of 01/20/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK & TRANSPARENT WITH DULL SILVER-COLOURED CENTRE
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHOTON INC., Disk, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0966, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0966.004/
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