Gauge, set

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OBJECT TYPE: MONOTYPE/PAPER
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0170.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDSTOCK WITH METAL FASTENER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 21.5 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS ONE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1923 AND 1960 BY MR. W. WILLIS.
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF GAUGE USED IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN CANADA
Function: A SPECIALIZED TOOL FOR MEASURING THE ACCURACY OF THE SET WIDTH OF CAST TYPE
Technical: MONOTYPE SYSTEM DEPENDS ON PRECISE ACCURACY OF MEASURES, SPECIALIZED TOOLS SUCH AS THIS ENSURE UNITS ARE ACCURATELY CAST.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON SECTIONS: '6-SET [SCALE 5 - 7-]' '6 3/4 SET [SCALE 5 TO 65]' '7 1/4 SET [SCALE 5 TO 55]' '8-SET [SCALE 5 TO 50]' '9-SET [SCALE 5 TO 45]' '10-SET [SCALE 5 TO 40]' '11-SET [SCALE 5 TO 35]' '12-SET [SCALE 5 TO 35]'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BEIGE WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Gauge, set, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1994.0170, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0170.001/

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