Composing stick
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOB/RIDGED-BACK & CLAMP/66 PICA
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0606.001
- MANUFACTURER
- STAR TOOL MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 316
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 31.7 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- STAR TOOL
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Springfield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN ONE MAN JOB SHOP OF THE 1920'S - Function
-
To set type by hand at a pre-determined length. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT MAKING A COMPOSING STICK WHOSE KNEE REMAINED FIRM & SQUARE TO THE BED OF THE PLATE/ A DOUBLE ROW OF RIDGES ON BOTTOM OF PLATE KEPT KNEE RIGID AT TOP & BOTTOM WHEN SLIDE WAS CLAMPED DOWN BY SCREW/ A LATER (C. 1909) DESIGN REPLACED THE SCREW WITH A SLIDING LEVER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'THE STAR TOOL MFG. CO./ SPRINGFIELD O./ U.S.A./ PATENTED/ OCT. 11, 1904./ OCT. 31, 1905./ MAR. 1, 1910.'/ ON SIDE IS ENGRAVED 'J. PARE'/ ON UNDERSIDE OF SLIDING PIECE IS '316'/ HAS CALIBRATED SCALE FROM 0-66
- Missing
- From CA of 01/10/1995 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SILVERY GREY WITH SOME RUSTY AREAS
- Decoration
- ON UNDERSIDE OF SLIDING PIECE IS A CUT-OUT STAR
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STAR TOOL MFG. CO., Composing stick, after 1910, Artifact no. 1988.0606, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0606.001/
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