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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/SEMI-FRONT-STROKE
- DATE
- 1908
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0279.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Burnett Typewriter Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 833
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron frame; brass front cover panel; rear cover panel sheet steel; wooden space bar; keys & platen of unidentified manufactured composition.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 25.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Burnett
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Later example of mechanism invented by Canadian E.E. Horton in 1883 - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Example of obique front stroke mechanism typewriter (see Supp. Info. file). First machine of type bar class to secure fully visible writing (see Tilghman Richards) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Burnett transfered in gold on front cover panel: "Burnett Typewriter Co. Chicago, Ill., U.S.A." transferredin gold on frame below space bar.
- Missing
- Ribbon spool & caps; "peroid" key; wire bale or ribbon guide; paper advance bent From CA of 12/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing ribbon & reels, one key button.
- Finish
- Black enamel paint
- Decoration
- Thin gold linesoutline frame
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Burnett Typewriter Co., Typewriter, 1908, Artifact no. 1986.0279, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0279.001/
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