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OBJECT TYPE: PHOTO/MANUAL/DISPLAY/IND MATS
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0053.001

MANUFACTURER: QUOD BONUM NV
MODEL: HADEGO
LOCATION: Haarlem, Netherlands

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General Information

Serial #: D135
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, SYNTHETIC, GLASS, LEATHERETTE(?) BELLOWS

Dimensions

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

Length: 160.0 cm
Width: 135.0 cm
Height: 183.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: QUOD
Country: Netherlands
State/Province: Unknown
City: Haarlem

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO SET TYPE ON A SHEET OF FILM WHICH CAN THEN BE DEVELOPED, EITHER AS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE, & USED FOR PHOTOMECHANICAL PLATE-MAKING WITHOUT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WORK
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL PHOTOTYPESETTER/ INVENTED IN 1948, IT USES HAND SET MATRICES SIMILAR TO HOT-METAL LUDLOW SYSTEM/SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY PHOTOTYPESETTERSWERE MORE COMPACT, FASTER & MORE AUTOMATIC IN OPERATION
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE 'HADEGO-PHOTOCOMPOSITOR/ N.U. "QUOD BONUM", NASSAUPLEIN 3, HAARLEM-NETHERLANDS/ NETHERLANDS PAT. NO. 68,579/ NO. 64,820/ U.S. PAT. NO. 2.572,322/ NO. 2,596,376/ BRITISH PAT. NO. 663,877-1948/ NO. 670,005-1948/ SERIAL NO. D 135 110 VOLT, 60 CYCLES'/ SWITCHES LABELLED 'EXPOSURE LAMPS MAIN SWITCH'/ CALIBRATED TIMER MARKED 0-60/ SWITCH WITH 2 POSITIONS MARKED '48' & '20'
Missing: From CA of 01/11/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED LIGHT METALLIC GREEN, SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE, BLACK BELLOWS, RED KNOBS
Decoration: N/A

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QUOD BONUM NV, Typesetter, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1982.0053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0053.001/

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