Drawing equipment collection
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1980–2000
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1372.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Various
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- drawing leads and inks/pigments; wood; metals [including lead & steel] and synthetic components
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
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Various
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Some items presumably used c. 1980s- c.2000; some items appear new/little used.
- Canada
-
Accessories used with Wild A8 Autograph [2004.1361], used in Canada's national mapping program c. 1960s-early 1990s, an example of one of the last analogue plotting devices used by the Topographic Service of Canada. With the exception of the Wild A10 [few of which were used in Canada], the A8 was the most sophisticated plotter available before digital technology. - Function
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To draw, trace, colour and otherwise produce markings on paper or film. - Technical
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"Assemblage" of black and coloured drawing leads, pens and inks; nibs and nib holders; erasers and lead sharpener; points; curves and paper weight used with A8 plotter. These items are not specific to photogrammetric plotters, Wild equipment or used exclusively with the museum's example but are typical of the items used to produce finished maps. Value of collection is as representative of range of drawing tools and accessories necessary to produce various stages of levels of detail when producing maps.. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- various
- Missing
- unknown
- Finish
- various
- Decoration
- N/A
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Various, Drawing equipment collection, circa 1980–2000, Artifact no. 2004.1372, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1372.001/
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