Gauge, needle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLASTIC
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0535.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MAGIC BAKING POWDER
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 2.9 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S
- Canada
-
USED AS AN ADVERTISING DEVICE FOR MAGIC BAKING POWDER - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE SIZE OF KNITTING NEEDLES, DETERMINE THE TENSION OF KNITTING, AND TO MEASURE LENGTH OF KNITTING - Technical
-
ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A DEVICE WHICH PROVIDES THREE FUNCTIONS IN ONE: MEASURING OF LENGTH; GUIDE TO TENSION OF KNITTING; METHOD OF DETERMINING SIZE AND THUS NUMBER OF KNITTING NEEDLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON FRONT: 'Magic Baking Powder/ TENSION GUIDE NEEDLE GAUGE/ NEEDLE NUMBERS 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1/ [SCALE] 1 [TO ] 6 [IN INCHES]'
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- WHITE WITH BLUE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Gauge, needle, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1996.0535, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0535.001/
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