Calculator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- manual/special purpose/circular/paper weight
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0146.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eddy, E.B. Co.
- MODEL
- Eddy Equater
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic/ metal spindle
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
- 15.2 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Eddy
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A calculator advertising the Canadian company E.D. Eddy Co. In 1851 Vermont manufacturer E.B. Eddy (1806 -1927) moved his friction match factory to Hull, Quebec where he expanded, modernized & diversified to produce a variety of wood & paper products. The company had paper mills in Hull & Ottawa. In 1951 E.B. Eddy was purchased by G. Weston, & in 1998 by Domtar. - Function
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A manual calculating device which used for calculations about printing paper, including comparative weights, prices, counts per bundle as well as multiplication & division. - Technical
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An example of a simple calculator enabling calculations about printing paper weights etc. to be made quickly & accurately. This device also advertises Eddy paper products. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black & white lettering on upper side reads "THE EDDY/ EQUATER" with black scale markings/ black lettering on underside reads "EVERY EDDY PAPER/ TAKES AND MAKES A GOOD IMPRESSION/ Cheneaux Bond/ Rapidrun/ Register Paper/ Multiscript Mimeo/ Multicopy Duplicating/ Century Ledger/ Postrite Ledger/ Express Writing Manilla/ Beacon Cover/ Starbrite Offset/ Wellington Offset/ Ancaster Book/ Niagara Litho/ Tecumseh Bristol/ Guardian Index Bristol/ Mohawk Bristol/ Envelope and Stationary Papers/ Waxing and Laminating/ Sulphites/ Printing and Converting/ Papers for many/ specialized uses" & "THE E.B. EDDY COMPANY - PAPERMAKERS/ MILLS AT HULL AND OTTAWA, CANADA" with instructions for use
- Missing
- complete
- Finish
- white disks/ red & black indicator
- Decoration
- N/A
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Eddy, E.B. Co., Calculator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0146.001/
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