Strip, sliding

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0674.002

MANUFACTURER: Wish Printed Advertising
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: card stock

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.4 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Civil engineering
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wish
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Los Angeles

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: W.A. Ramsay was Chief Architect, Department of Transport (D.O.T.) between 1952 & 1974.
Canada: Unknown
Function: operation similar to slide rule/ sliding strip .2 pulled into position inside scale .1 so that numbers line up in window allowing architect to calculate number of linoleum tiles required to cover known floor area
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering at top on both sides reads: "PULL"; lettering near bottom on both sides reads: "WISH PRINTED ADVERTISING/LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: columns of numbers in black ink on white background
Decoration: none

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Wish Printed Advertising, Strip, sliding, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0674, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0674.002/

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