Plate, printing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRAVURE
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0793.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geological Survey of Canada
- MODEL
- BROOKFIELD GOLD DISTRICT N.S.
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 COPPER;.2 PAPER WITH LINEN REINFORCEMENT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 75.5 cm
- Width
- 53.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Survey CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS PLATE PROBABLY FIRST USED IN 1936 BUT COULD HAVE BEEN USED UP TO THE 1960S OR LATER
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A PRINTING PLATE PRODUCED AND USED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA IN THEIR MAP PRODUCTION SECTION. - Function
-
USED IN PRINTING TO REPRODUCE THE IMAGE INSCRIBED ON ITS SURFACE TO PAPER. - Technical
-
PLATES WERE USED IN PRINTING OF MAPS. PLATES RETAINED THEIR FIND SHARP FEATURES WELL AND WERE USED BY THE GSC FOR MANY YEARS TO REPRODUCE THE IMAGE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE BEARS ENGRAVED PLAN OF 'BROOKFIELD GOLD DISTRICT/ QUEENS CO. NOVA SCOTIA/ by/ E.R. FARIBAULT B.A.Sc./ Scale 250 Feet to 1 Inch'/ INCLUDES AN 'Index to signs'; 'VERTICAL TRANSVERSE SECTION A.B./ Through main shaft and across LIBBEY FISSURE VEIN and the three interbedded leans'; 'LONGITUDINAL SECTION/ in the plane of the/ LIBBEY FISSURE VEIN'/ STAMPED ON PLATE: 'C4 R43/ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/ OF/ CANADA/ G.S. Nov 30,36'/.2 PRINTED COPY OF PLATE ON FRONT; HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: 'Brookfield Gold District [twice in 2 different styles]/ 1-20 289'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 UNFINISHED/.2 BACK LIGHT BROWN WITH BLACK HANDWRITING; FRONT WHITISHWITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Geological Survey of Canada, Plate, printing, 1936, Artifact no. 1997.0793, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0793.001/
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