Set screw

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.1296.004

MANUFACTURER: Chandler & Price
MODEL: BUCKEYE
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 2.5 cm
Width: 2.0 cm
Height: 1.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Chandler Price
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Ohio
City: Cleveland

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO SET TYPE IN BY HAND, ITS ADJUSTABILITY MAKES IT SUITABLE FOR JOBBING WORK WHERE MEASURES WOULD FREQUENTLY BE ALTERED
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF COMPOSING STICK IN WHICH THE CLAMPING MECHANISM WAS ON THE SIDE ONLY, & SO ALLOWED THE STICK TO LAY FLAT/ THE FRICTION PRINCIPLE OF THE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM WAS AN INNOVATION, & IT COULD BE QUICKLY ADJUSTED BY TURNING A LEVER/ THIS EARLY TYPE OF ADJUSTABLE STICK WAS POPULAR WELL INTO THE 20TH CEN.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Ferrous metal, darkened with some original silver coloured finish showing through. Set screw has a lever end.
Decoration: N/A

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Chandler & Price, Set screw, after 1889, Artifact no. 1984.1296, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1296.004/

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