Lettering set
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0356.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- MODEL
- LEROY
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 24
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC TEMPLATES/ METAL & SYNTHETICSCRIBER ARM/ WOOD & METAL PEN HOLDER/ METAL PENS/ CARDBOARD CLEANING PIN CASES/ WOOD (MAHOGANY) CASE WITH PAPER INSTRUCTION SHEET AFFIXED INSIDE LID & METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 4.6 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
- Keuffel Esser
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
USED TO MECANICALLY REPRODUCE ON PAPER DIFFERENT SIZES OF LETTERS BY TRACING THEM FROM TEMPLATE WITH PEN & INK. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON CASE FRONT READS "K+E LEROY/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ KEUFFEL & ESSER CO."/ BLACK LETTERING ON INSTRUCTION SHEET INSIDE CASE LID READS "LEROY LETTERING SET" & "Copyright 1944 by Keuffel & Esser Co." WITH PATENT NOS./.1 INCISED RED LETTERING READING "LEROY 3240-80C/ KEUFFEL & ESSER CO./ PAT. 2,050,057" WITH INCISED BLACK LETTERING & SCALE MARKINGS/.2-.11 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT:.2 "3240-100CL",.3 "3240-120CL",.4 "3240-140CL",.5 "3240-175CL",.6 "3240-200CL",.7 "3240-240CL",.8 "3240-290CL",.9 "3240-350CL",.10 "3240-425CL",.11 "3240-500CL"/.12 INCISED "K & E LEROY" WITH PATENT NOS./.13 INCISED "K & E CO.", "MADE IN U.S.A.", & "LEROY"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- WHITE SYNTHETIC/ SCRIBER ARM GREY METAL & GREY SYNTHETIC/ BROWN & BLACK PEN HOLDER WITH METALLIC CLASP/ BRASS COLOURED PENS/ MAHOGANY BROWN BOX WITH CLEAR COATING, BRASS COLOURED HARDWARE, WHITE PAPER
- Decoration
- "K+E" LOGO ON TEMPLATES & MFR.'S PLATE/ LABEL ON BOX READS "NRC/ PURE/ CHEMISTRY/ ? 14"
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Keuffel & Esser Co., Lettering set, after 1936, Artifact no. 1995.0356, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0356.001/
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