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- OBJECT TYPE
- DISPLAY
- DATE
- 1901–1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0498.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Compositype Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 17
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood box; BRASS MATRICES (ELECTROTYPED)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.9 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typecasting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Compositype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maryland
- City
- Baltimore
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
ALTHOUGH UNSUCCESSFUL IN MARKETING ITS TYPECASTERS, THE COMPOSITYPE CO. PRODUCED ELECTROTYPED MATRICES WHICH IT RENTED TO ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS PRACTICE WAS CONTINUED BY ITS SUCCESSOR, THE THOMPSON TYPE MACHINE CO., AS WELL AS THE MONOTYPE MACHINE CO. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Sticker on side of box typed and stamped " SERIES 214/ POINT 14/ No. of MATS 85"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 03/15/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Dark brown wooden box, with brass coloured metal pieces
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Compositype Co., Matrix set, between 1901–1907, Artifact no. 1980.0498, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0498.001/
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