Knee, movable
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1889
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1296.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Chandler & Price
- MODEL
- BUCKEYE
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 1.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chandler Price
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SET TYPE IN BY HAND, ITS ADJUSTABILITY MAKES IT SUITABLE FOR JOBBING WORK WHERE MEASURES WOULD FREQUENTLY BE ALTERED - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF COMPOSING STICK IN WHICH THE CLAMPING MECHANISM WAS ON THE SIDE ONLY, & SO ALLOWED THE STICK TO LAY FLAT/ THE FRICTION PRINCIPLE OF THE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM WAS AN INNOVATION, & IT COULD BE QUICKLY ADJUSTED BY TURNING A LEVER/ THIS EARLY TYPE OF ADJUSTABLE STICK WAS POPULAR WELL INTO THE 20TH CEN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Ferrous metal, darkened with some original silver coloured finish showing through.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Chandler & Price, Knee, movable, after 1889, Artifact no. 1984.1296, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1984.1296.002/
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