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- OBJECT TYPE
- SET/ENGINEER'S SCALES/12 IN.
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0161.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 1597
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SCALES: WOOD & IVORY/ BOX: WOOD WITH METAL FITTINGS; FELT COVERED SUPPORTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.4 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 5.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN DRAWING ENGINEER'S PLANS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INKED INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE LID READS 'W.W.ALLINGHAM, RESIDENT ARCHITECT DEPT., PUBLIC WORKS, CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CLEAR VARNISH ON WOOD, EDGES BEVELED AND INSET WITH IVORY/ BOX- FELT COVERED BATTENS
- Decoration
- SCALES: MFR'S NAME & ADDRESS, PLACE MADE, AND SCALE SIZE IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON WOOD, LINES AND NUMBERING IN INCISED PRINTING ON IVORY/ BOX: MFR'S NAME IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON LID, SCALE SIZE IN BLACK, INCISED LETTERING BESIDE SLOT FOR EACH
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Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd., Rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.0161, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1981.0161.001/
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