Engine, dividing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LINEAR/MANUAL DRIVE/METRIC
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0844.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NALDER BROS. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Westminster, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 30493
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ CAST IRON/ BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 95.6 cm
- Width
- 28.2 cm
- Height
- 31.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NALDER
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Westminster
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1870'S +
- Canada
-
A BRITISH MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY THE CANADIANMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE EARLY IN ITS HISTORY, IN THE PRODUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED & BUILT BY THE SERVICE. SEE 1852 ARTICLE DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL USE A DIVIDING ENGINE AT THE TORONTO MAGNETIC & METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY (REF. 4 IN SUPP. INFO.). - Function
-
A DEVICE USED TO RULE A STRAIGHT LINE SCALE. AT AES IT WAS USED TO PRECISELY ENGRAVE LINEAR SCALES FOR METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS (T. HACKING, AES). - Technical
-
HAS RATCHETT MECHANISM FOR ADVANCING LEAD SCREW & ENGRAVING MECHANISM/ NUT ON LEAD SCREW CONTACTS SCREW BY MEANS OF 4 GEARED WHEELS TO REDUCE BACKLASH/ STOP IS INTEGRAL PART OF WHEEL/ ENGRAVING TOOL HAS 3 SCREWS WHICH CONTACT NOTCHES IN A WHEEL TO DETERMINE LENGTH OF ENGRAVED LINE (SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'NALDER BROS. & CO./ WESTMINISTER/ NO. 30, 493'/ INCISED BLACK MARKINGS ON METALLIC SCALE
- Missing
- STRING ATTACHED TO ENGRAVING TOOL TO LIFT POINT AFTER STROKE OF ENGRAVER POINT/ ENGRAVER POINT REPLACED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DENTAL BURR SHARPENED AT THE PROXIMAL END.
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACKENED BED/ BRASS & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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NALDER BROS. & CO., Engine, dividing, 1930, Artifact no. 1987.0844, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0844.001/
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