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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

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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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