Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

CAST IRON

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

45,7 cm

Largeur

27,9 cm

Hauteur

31,8 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Imprimerie

Catégorie

Duplication

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

This press is typical of federal government office equipment at the turn of the twentieth century. Originallly owned by Miss Anna Paterson, #611 261 Cooper St., Ottawa, it was used by Miss Paterson or her father while in government service.

Fonction

To copy a handwritten document by applying pressure to a sheet of tissue paper placed over the ink original.

Technique

Patented by James Watt in 1780, copy presses were once a common tool in offices, providing the simplest means of making copies of hand written documents. To copy a letter, a damp sheet of "onion skin" copy paper was placed over the freshly written page and then both were placed in the press. When squeezed together the thin, absorbent copy paper would pick up some of the ink from the letter. This reverse image of the text could be read correctly by viewing it through the back of the nearly transparent sheet. In the twentieth century copy presses were superceded by the use of carbon paper with typewriters and, later, by photographic copying methods. Bed of this press bears decal denoting award from Columbia Exhibition, Atlanta, 1895.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

BED OF PRESS HAS A GOLD, GREEN & RED DECAL: `B'; ALSO ON BED IS A GOLD DECAL, READS: `[?]'/ GOLD DECAL ON CENTRAL HUB IS: `[?], APPEARS TO BE CO. LOGO OR SEVERAL SUPERIMPOSED LETTERS

Manque

none apparent

Fini

BLACK ENAMELED

Décoration

`B' DECAL ON BAD HAS FLORAL DESIGN INTERWEAVED