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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHARE
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1154.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- SIMPSON'S LEVER CHAIN LTD.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 25.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1895+
- Canada
-
ITEM WHICH REFLECTS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY. ALSO IT IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION. - Function
-
DOCUMENT WHICH REPRESENTS PHYSICALLY SHARE OR PORTION OF COMPANY OWNED BY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP. - Technical
-
IN 1895 WILLIAM SPIERS SIMPSON DEVELOPED LEVER BICYCLE CHAIN, INTENDED TO PROVIDE MORE POWER TO PEDALS. IN LEVER CHAIN, TOPS OF TRIANGULAR SHAPED ELEMENTS HAD CROSSBARS WHICH ENGAGED PERIMETER OF REAR CHAIN WHEEL'S FLANGE AT MUCH GREATER DISTANCE FROM WHEEL'S AXIS THAN ORDINARY CHAIN & CHAIN WHEEL, PROVIDING MORE POWER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREEN PRINTED & BLACK INKED LETTERING READING "No. 380 NO OF SHARES 930-/ Simpson's/ Lever Chain, (Foreign & Canadian) Limited./ INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACTS, 1862 TO 1893./ CAPITAL $1,000.000./ DIVIDED INTO 1,000.000 ORDINARY SHRES OF $1, EACH./ This is to Certify that Julius Spier/ of 25 Camomile St. London E.C./ is te Registered Proprietor of 930- Shares of $1 each,/ Numbered 893,221 to 894,150 both inclusive, in SIMPSON'S LEVER CHAIN, (FOREIGN/ & CANADIAN) LIMITED subject to the Memorandum and Articles of/ Association of the said Comapnay and that there has been paid,/ in respect of each such Share, the sum of One Pound./ *
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- WHITE WITH GREEN PRINTING & BLACK INK
- Decoration
- EMBOSSED SEAL READING "THE/ SEAL OF/ SIMPSON'S LEVER/ CHAIN/ (FOREIGN & CANADIAN) LIMITED"/ MARKINGS CONT'D: GIVEN UNDER THE COMMON SEAL OF THE COMPANY THIS/ 22ND DAY OF NOVEMBER" WITH SIGNATURES OF DIRECTORS & SECRETARY
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Unknown Manufacturer, Certificate, 1895, Artifact no. 1995.1154, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1154.001/
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