Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/CLAMP & SCREW/20 IN./FLANGED
- DATE
- 1878
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0832.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HOE, R. & CO.
- MODEL
- YANKEE
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 5
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HOE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Tool used by compositors for the hand composition of printing types. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF STYLE OF COMPOSING STICK INTRODUCED C. 1870 BY HOE - THE FLANGED RAIL ALLOWED THE CLAMP TO SLIDE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RAIL RATHER THAN UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE STICK, WHICH MEANT THAT THE STICK COULD BE LAID PERFECTLY FLAT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following info. stamped in upper corner: "R. Hoe & Co./ pat. Febr. 8.78" / "5" stamped in rule edge and knee.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/30/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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HOE, R. & CO., Composing stick, after 1878, Artifact no. 1984.0832, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0832.001/
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