Pin, gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPRING TONGUE
- DATE
- 1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0837.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MEGILL, EDWARD L. CO.
- MODEL
- SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS
- LOCATION
- Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL PINS WITH NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) TONGUES MOUNTED ON CARDS/ CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.0 cm
- Width
- 4.7 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MEGILL
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Brooklyn
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PIN INSERTED INTO TYMPAN SHEET OF PRINTING PRESS - IT CAN BE FASTENED MORE QUICKLY & SECURELY THAN ORDINARY PINS (REF. 1). - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LETTERING ON BOX READS "MEGILL'S PATENT/ ADJUSTABLE/ Spring Tongue Gauge Pins/ Reg. U.S. Pat. Office/ E.L. MEGILL/ PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER/ NEW YORK, U.S.A.", "1 DOZ. (4 cards of 3)/ SPRING TONGUE GAUGE PINS/ Including extra tongue for each Pin"", "Made in one size, 12-points over all./ Signature/ and trade-/ mark of the/ inventor, Edward L. Megill,/ the pioneer Gauge Pin maker. Established 1870./ THE EDW. L. MEGILL CO./ 2416 Atlantic Avenue/ BROOKLYN, N.Y."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK PINSWITH BRASS COLOURED TONGUES/ BLUE BOXES & CARDS
- Decoration
- B&W DRAWINGS OF GAUGE PINS ON BOX & CARD
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MEGILL, EDWARD L. CO., Pin, gauge, after 1919, Artifact no. 1997.0837, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0837.001/
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