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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUSPENDED/1:20 & 20:1/METAL BAR
- DATE
- 1913–1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0276.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Keuffel & Esser
- MODEL
- 1123
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1415
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METALL ALLOY BARS WITH FERROUS METAL PARTS/ WOOD HANDLE/ FIBRE CORD/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE & FELT PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 175.1 cm
- Width
- 17.5 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Keuffel Esser
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 20TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
AMERICAN-MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPT. FOR ENLARGING OR REDUCING DRAWINGS FOR HYDROGRAPHIC AND/ORTOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS - Function
-
APPARATUS FOR ENLARGING OR REDUCING PICTURES, MAPS, OR DRAWINGS TO SCALE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ONE OF LARGEST PANTOGRAPHS CAPABLE OF PRECISION WORK (SIEBERT). MODEL 1123 APPEARS IN K&E'S 1913, 1921, & 1936 CATALOGUES & AS N1123 IN 1954 CATALOGUE. SUSPENDED PANTOGRAPHS WERE DELICATE & PRECISE, WITH NO FRICTION OF BAR SUPPORTS ON DRAWING AS BARS WERE SUSPENDED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PANTOGRAPH INCISED 'Keuffel & Esser Co. New York' IN SCRIPT, & '1415' & 'HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY/ 3'/ LABEL ON BOX LID READS 'KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ MANUFACTURERS OF/ DRAWING MATERIALS &/ SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS/ 127 Fulham St. & 42 Ann St./ NEW YORK/ FACTORIES: HOBOKEN, N.J.' & 'BRANCHES/ 111 MADISON ST., CHICAGO/ 813 LOCUST ST., ST. LOUIS/ 40 OAK ST., SAN FRANCISCO/ No. 1123/ Serial 1415'/ INTERIOR LABEL READS IN ENGLISH & FRENCH 'EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL/ R.C. 633 024602/ EQ CODE 6675-66-666-6666'
- Missing
- IRON STANDARD FOR SUSPENDING
- Finish
- METALLIC BARS/ BLACK PAINTED & BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ BLACK HANDLE/ VARNISHED BOX WITH GREEN PADDING & BLACK PAINTED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- BLACK & WHITE DRAWING OF FACTORY AS WELL AS K&E TRADEMARK ON K&E LABEL INSIDE BOX/ TYPED LABEL ON BOX EXTERIOR READS 'MR. C.F. PRINCE,/ TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY,/ DEPT. OF MINES & TECHNICAL SURVEYS,/ 615 BOOTH ST.,/ OTTAWA, ONTARIO', WITH SAME HANDWRITTEN AGAIN IN BLACK ON WOOD
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Keuffel & Esser, Pantograph, circa 1913–1936, Artifact no. 1990.0276, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0276.001/
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