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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0966.003

MANUFACTURER: PHOTON INC.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 245.0 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Height: 114.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PHOTON
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Wilmington

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO AUTOMATICALLY SET TYPE ON FILM OR PAPER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTER WHICH USES A SPINNING NEGATIVE DISK & SEVERAL DIFFERENT LENSES, THEREBY PROVIDING A POTENTIAL OF 192 FONTS FROM ONE DISK/PHOTON WAS A LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPESETTERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'LICENSED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF/ THE FOLLOWING PATENTS/ 2,379,862; 2,478,901; 2,670,665; 2,682,814; 2,690,249; 2,715,862; 2,758,693; 2,790,362; 2,797,787; 2,806,574; 2,865,270; 2,876,687; 2,922,508; 2,951,428; 2,958,270; 2,973,080; 2,988,276; 2,999,434/ AND OTHER PATENTS PENDING"/ STICKERS READ: "D. C. POWER SUPPLY/ PART 3E-0001/ SCHEMATIC 3E-5439/ PHOTON INC. WILMINGTON MASS."/ "PHOTON, INC."/ CONTROL PANEL LABELS INCLUDE: "INCREMENTS ARE IN NUMBERS OF KEYBOARD UNITS"; "MIN. INTERWORD SPACE"; "INPUT SEQUENCE"; "MAX. JUSTIF. SPACE ADDED TO WORD SPACE"; "KEYBOARD LOCKING"/ PLATE INSIDE .3 "PHOTON, INC. 28012".
Missing: From CA of 01/20/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED GREEN, GREY & BLACK PANELS, SILVER & BLACK HARDWARE
Decoration: N/A

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PHOTON INC., Relay unit, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0966, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0966.003/

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