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OBJECT TYPE: LABOR SAVING/2 & 6 PT
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0624.001

MANUFACTURER: TORONTO TYPE FOUNDRY
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.6 BRASS RULE IN PAPER WRAPPING

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Make-up
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: TORONTO TYPE
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN ONE MAN JOB SHOP OF THE 1920'S
Function: TO PROVIDE BORDERS & LINES/ LABOUR-SAVING RULE WAS MANUFACTURED CUT TO PICA EMS, SO THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO CUT RULE TO THE EXACT SIZE NEEDED, THUS SAVING TIME & MATERIALS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.6 READ 'PRICE $[BLANK SPACE]/ Labour Saving Brass Rule/ MANUFACTURED BY/ TORONTO TYPE FOUNDRY, TORONTO'/.1 &.2ALSO '10 [HANDWRITTEN]LBS. 2 [HW] POINT/ NO. 1232' [NO. IS HW]/ L.S. RULE NO. 1232/ 10 LBS.' [NOS. HANDWRITTEN]/ ALSO HANDWRITTEN: 'Parallel 2733'/.1 '1/2' [HW] &.2 '2/2' [HW]/.3 '30 [HW] LBS. 2 [HW] POINT/ NO. 2082/ 316' & 'L.S. RULE NO. 2082/ 30 LBS.'/ NOS. ALL HANDWRITTEN AS IS 'GURNEY 2733'/.4 '10LBS. 6 POINT/ NO.1156/ 2/2' & 'L.S. RULE NO. 1156/ 10 LBS.' [NOS. ALL HANDWRITTEN]/.5-.6 '2LBS. 2 POINT/ NO. 112B' & 'L.S. RULE NO. 112B/ 2LBS.' NOS. ALL HANDWRITTEN, AS IS '2pt./ Dotted'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.6 RULE BRASS-COLOURED/ PKG BROWN WITH LIGHTER BROWN LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING
Decoration: N/A

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TORONTO TYPE FOUNDRY, Rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0624, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0624.001/

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