Embossing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRAILLE
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0532.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Blindenstudienanstalt
- MODEL
- MARBURGER BLINDENSCHRIFT- PRAGEMASCHINE
- LOCATION
- Marburg-Lahn, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN WORKING TABLES (PARTICLE BOARD??), IRON CASTINGS, NICKEL-PLATED (?) STEEL MECHANICS, BRASS PULLEY WHEELS, ETC.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 116.0 cm
- Width
- 98.0 cm
- Height
- 121.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Platemaking
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Blind
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Marburg-Lahn
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- ACQ'D SECOND-HAND IN 1957 BY CNIB & USED UNTIL 1982
- Canada
-
LAST PLATEMAKER USED BY THE CNIB BEFORE IT CEASED ITS JOB PRINTING OPERATION IN 1982. WORK WAS "CONTRACTED OUT" AFTER THAT DATE. - Function
-
USED TO IMPRESS BRAILLE CHARACTERS ONTO MALE/FEMALE ZINC PLATES FOR PRINTING ON PRESS - Technical
-
THIS IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE 'STEREOTYPING MACHINE' FOR THE CREATION OF EMBOSSED ZINC PLATES USED TO PRINT BRAILLE COPY. STEREOTYPING MACHINES WERE INVENTED IN THE U.S. IN 1893 BUT THE USE OF ELECTRICITY & 'INTERPOINTING' DID NOT COME UNTIL LATE & WAS POSSIBLY THE INVENTION OF J.R. ATKINSON OF THE U.S. (SEE REF) (INTERFACING ALLOWED FOR THE EMBOSSING OF BOTH SIDES OF A ZINC PLATE). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- COMPLETE AND OPERABLE BUT REQUIRES NEW 'EMBOSSING POINTS' From CA of 05/12/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- NONE
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Blindenstudienanstalt, Embossing machine, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1982.0532, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0532.001/
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