Screwdriver
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPIRAL RATCHET/CHANGEABLE BLADES
- DATE
- 1908
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0052.001
- MANUFACTURER
- North Bros. Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- YANKEE 30
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL WITH WOOD HANDLE/.2-.3 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.7 cm
- Width
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- 3.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- North
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Saskatchewan
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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THIS COLLECTION OF TOOLS BELONGED TO A CARPENTER WHO EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1910 & SETTLED IN MOOSE JAW, SASK./ THE TOOL CHEST & MOST OF THE TOOLS WERE BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM ENGLAND & USED TOBUILD HIS 1ST 2 HOUSES AS WELL AS SOME FURNITURE. - Function
-
TO TURN SCREWS WITH - THIS STYLE ALLOWED A SCREW TO BE DRIVEN IN OR OUT BY SIMPLE PUSHING THE HANDLE DOWNWARDS/ IT COULD ALSO BE LOCKED & USED AS A REGULAR SCREWDRIVER - Technical
-
THIS DESIGN ALLOWED FOR A SCREW TO BE DRIVEN BY SIMPLY PUSHING ON THE HANDLE, RATHER THAN HAVING TO TURN IT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 STAMPED '"YANKEE" NO.30/ NORTH BROS. MFG. CO./ PHILA. PA. U.S.A./ PAT. APR. 16, 95 - NOV.2, 97/ SEP.15, 99 - OCT.9, 00/ MAY 1,06 - NOV.[3], 08'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 HANDLE APPEARS VARNISHED, SHANK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PLATED WITH CHROME-LIKE FINISH, SOME OF THIS NOW RUBBED OFF & SHOWING BRASS COLOUR UNDERNEATH/ END & INNER SHANK ARE SILVER-GREY COLOUR/ 2-.3 SILVER-GREY WITH SOME DARKER GREY & SOME RUSTY CORROSION
- Decoration
- CROSS HATCH PATTERN ON SOCKET FOR BLADES
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North Bros. Mfg. Co., Screwdriver, after 1908, Artifact no. 1996.0052, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0052.001/
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