Carding machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FINISHER CARD/WOOL
- DATE
- 1855
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0615.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LOMBARD, N.A. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD, METAL, WITH LEATHER PTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 244.0 cm
- Width
- 191.0 cm
- Height
- 163.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LOMBARD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Worcester
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY CARD WOOL, IE. OPEN THE FIBRES IN PREPARATION FOR SPINNING/ THIS MACHINE WAS THE LAST ONE IN THE CARDING PROCESS, RECEIVING WOOL THAT HAD ALREADY HAD FOREIGN MATTER REMOVED & FIBRES PARTIALLY OPENED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'N.A. LOMBARD & CO./ MAKERS/ WORCESTER, MASS.'
- Missing
- unknown
- Finish
- WOOD FRAME PAINTED GREEN, SOME METAL PTS PAINTED BLACK, MUCH OF METAL NOW APPEARS CORRODED
- Decoration
- N/A
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LOMBARD, N.A. & CO., Carding machine, circa 1855, Artifact no. 1981.0615, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1981.0615.001/
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