Tester, paper strength
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TENSILE STRENGTH
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0817.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LEUNIG, F.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 442
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE & HANDLE/ FERROUS &NON-FERROUS (BRASS?) METAL FRAME & WORKING PARTS/ BRASS? & GLASS SPIRIT LEVEL CONTAINING ALCOHOL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LEUNIG
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- See similar Leunig artifact in an Australian collection which gives date range of 1895-1906. http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=91318
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TENSILE STRENGTH OF PAPER BY MEASURING BREAKING STRAIN OF PAPER STRIPS; EACH STRIP OF PAPER IS HELD BETWEEN TWO CLAMPS & USED TO RAISE HEAVILY WEIGHTED LEVER BY MEANS OF WHEEL & GEARING. - Technical
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OLD METHOD OF PAPER TESTING WAS TO SUSPEND STRIP OF PAPER FROM CLAMP; ANOTHER CAMP WAS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM OF STRIP & WEIGHTS ADDED UNTIL IT BROKE. SCHOPPER PAPER TESTER WAS LATER ADAPTATION OF THIS METHOD, ACTUATED BY HAND-TURNED WHEEL. VERSION SHOWN IN REF. 1 (1929) HAS ELECTRIC DRIVE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD LETTERING ON FRAME READS "F. Leunig & Co, London."/INCISED LETTERING ON SCALE READS "No. 442/ MADE IN GERMANY" ON ONE END & "SCHOPPER'S PATENT" ON OTHER END, WITH MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 70 "AV.D.P./ PD."/ SECOND SCALE MARKED IN INCHES
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COATED WOOD/ BLACK PAINTED TESTER WITH BRASS COLOURED & METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- GOLD COLOURED STRIPING ON FRAME/ GOLD PAINTED FRET DESIGN ENCIRCLING EDGES OF WEIGHT & GOLD PAINTED CIRCULAR DESIGN AT CENTRE/ GOLD PAINTED PARTS
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LEUNIG, F., Tester, paper strength, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0817, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0817.001/
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