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OBJECT TYPE: SPIRIT
DATE: 1890–1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1983.001

MANUFACTURER: Stanley Rule & Level Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: hardwood, glass and metal [brass] components.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 66.7 cm
Width: 3.4 cm
Height: 8.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Measurement-angles
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Stanley
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1910 until late 1940s; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]
Function: Used to test whether a surface is perfectly horizontal.
Technical: 26-inch long spirit level has brass tipped ends, and is fitted with plumb spirit level and recessed groove to improve grip. Cut-outs on either side of tube level allow it to be read when the tool is being used at eye level. 1934 Stanley catalogue listed adjustable and fixed glass plumb and level tubes, and described ease of adjustment. This level is probably an earlier model, where the cover plate over the tube level housing had to be physically removed if any adjustments were to be made.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO.", "7 [illegible}]", and "TO ADJUST/ REMOVE PLATES" stamped into brass plate over level tube. "TRADE MARK" printed on one side of circular opening around plumb level.
Missing: None.
Finish: Medium brown hardwood body has brass-tipped ends, tube level cover plate and mounting, and mounting for and plug over plumb level. Glass tube and plumb levels set within wood body.
Decoration: N/A

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Stanley Rule & Level Co., Level, circa 1890–1940, Artifact no. 2004.1983, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1983.001/

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