Tester, paper strength
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TEAR STRENGTH
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0819.001
- MANUFACTURER
- THWING INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- ELMENDORF PAPER TESTER
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL BASE & STAND/ NON-FERROUS METAL MECHANISM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.2 cm
- Width
- 22.8 cm
- Height
- 51.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- THWING
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEAR STRENGTH OF PAPER, BY MEASURING WEIGHT REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TEAR ALREADY STARTED RATHER THAN TO START TEAR. - Technical
-
TEARING STRENGTH WAS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED BETTER CRITERION OF PAPER STRENGTH THAN BURSTING OR TENSILE STRENGTH. POPULAR INSTRUMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF TEARING STRENGTH WAS MARX-ELMENDORF, ILLUSTRATED IN REF. 1, SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE TO 970819. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREY LETTERING ON SCALE READS "ELMENDORF PAPER TESTER/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THWING INSTRUMENT CO./ PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A./ PATENTED JULY 25, 1922" WITH MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 100
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ PLATED INDICATOR NEEDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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THWING INSTRUMENT CO., Tester, paper strength, after 1922, Artifact no. 1997.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0819.001/
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