Ruling machine

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OBJECT TYPE
HAND STRIKER/SINGLE BEAM
DATE
1855–1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1979.0410.001
MANUFACTURER
HICKOK, W.O. MFG. CO.
MODEL
HAND STRIKER
LOCATION
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
236
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
FRAME- WOOD (CHERRY)/ MOST METAL MECHANICS- BRASS (IE. HANDLE, GEARS, BEARINGS)/ PENS- STEEL (ORIGINALLY PENS WERE MADE OF BRASS)/ BOLTS- IRON

Dimensions

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

Length
304.8 cm
Width
129.5 cm
Height
216.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Bookbinding
Category
Ruling
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
HICKOK
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Pennsylvania
City
Harrisburg

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
CA. 1860-1978
Canada
TYPICAL OFEARLY STYLE RULING MACHINE USED IN CANADA AND SPECIFICALLY BY A GUELPH BINDERY FROM THE 1850'S UNTIL 1978.
Function
FOR THE RULING OF LINES ON BLANK PAPER (LEDGERS, SCHOOL BOOKS ETC.)
Technical
A VERY EARLY STYLE OF RULING MACHINE (CA. 1852) 'THE MACHINE STILL HAS TO BE OPERATED BY HAND & IT WAS STILL NECESSARY TO STOP & START IT IN ORDER TO "SET" THE PEN AT ANY GIVEN POINT ON THE PAPER, BUT INSTEAD OF A SINGLE CLOTH CONVEYOR, IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO CLOTHS..., WHICH PERMITTED THE RULED SHEETS TO DRY AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE MACHINE & TO BE LAYED AUTOMATICALLY AT THE END IN A RECEIVING BOX, THUS, ELIMINATING THE SERVICES OF THE "LAY-BOY" (REF.1,PG.5).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
REQUIRES NEW APRONS; WOODEN PIVOT ON WHICH STRIKER RESTS WAS CRACKED IN TRANSIT; MACHINE APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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HICKOK, W.O. MFG. CO., Ruling machine, circa 1855–1860, Artifact no. 1979.0410, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0410.001/

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