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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0986.001

MANUFACTURER: PETRIE, H.W. MACHINERY LTD.
MODEL: EXCELSIOR 10
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cast iron & steel

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 55.0 cm
Height: 150.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Machine
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PETRIE
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Distributed by H.W. Petrie Inc., a machine tool distributor based in Toronto in the 1900s. This machine was supplied by Environment Canada, specifically the meteorological and atmospheric science division.
Function: Machine tool used to make impressions on sheet metal using upper and lower dies. The impressions included grommets, eyelets, snaps, etc.
Technical: Model Excelsior 10. Safest and most economical machine tool to operate because no special skills were needed. Dies could be interchanged depending on what type of impression was required. Kick-pedal was used to stamp the dies down.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's plate obscured by paint
Missing: Complete
Finish: Painted green
Decoration: N/A

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PETRIE, H.W. MACHINERY LTD., Press, kick, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0986, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0986.001/

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