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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUSPENDED/METAL BAR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- 8372
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2146
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 17
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL, INCLUDING BRASS/ WOOD HANDLE/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ CARDBOARD PACKAGE FOR PENCIL LEADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 104.0 cm
- Width
- 17.6 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
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
APPARATUS FOR ENLARGING OR REDUCING PICTURES, MAPS, OR DRAWINGS TO SCALE. - Technical
-
SUSPENDED PANTOGRAPHS WERE DELICATE & PRECISE, WITH NO FRICTION OF BAR SUPPORTS ON DRAWING AS BARS WERE SUSPENDED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING READING "No 2146" WITH UNKNOWN LOGO, & "HUGHES OWENS CO. LTD. MONTREAL/ WINNIPEG No 8372 TORONTO"/.1-.3 INCISED BLACK SCALES
- Missing
- STANDARD FOR SUSPENSION/ SOME ACCESSORIES
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL BARS/ BRASS COLOURED, PLATED, BROWN & RED PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED WOOD HANDLE/ BROWN STAINED? WOOD BOX WITH BLACK PAINTED HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD., Pantograph, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0353.001/
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