Board, Braille dot inverter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0831.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- SWAIL 2
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLYWOOD BOARD WITH RUBBER INSET SURFACE TO CUSHION THE POINT OF THE INSTRUMENTS; TWO MOVABLE BRASS (?) GUIDES; EDGED BRASS (?) STRIPS; RUBBER FEET; COMES WITH A SHEET OF TEXTURED, OFF-WHITE PAPER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.9 cm
- Width
- 40.5 cm
- Height
- 3.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1970
- Canada
-
DESIGNED BY JIM SWAIL AND NAMED FOR HIM. - Function
-
BACKING BOARD FOR PAPER WHEN USING SWAIL BRAILLE DOT INVERTER TO PRODUCE BRAILLE WRITING. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED MARKINGS ON BRASS (?) EDGES MEASURE INCHES; 'AIDS FOR THE BLIND' & 'c/o Sandra McRae' HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON TWO RECTANGULAR, WHITE STICKER; ALSO ON 1ST STICKER: 'SWAIL DOT INVERTER BOARD 2' IN LEAD PENCIL BY SFM (?).
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLYWOOD IS UNFINISHED YET SMOOTH; RUBBER LINER AND FEET ARE BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Board, Braille dot inverter, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1985.0831, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0831.001/
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