IBM Electronic Selectric Composer conversion scale

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2018-22

Maker

International Business Machines Corporation

Description

Plastic IBM Electronic Selectric Composer. One side shows a conversion scale between inches, picas, and characters. The other side has scales for both elite and pica typewriter fonts, a unit value chart, a leading chart, and a capital height chart.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

One plastic leaf : charts (some colour) ; 8.2 x 26.6 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

International Business Machines Corporation. Circa 1960s. IBM Electronic Selectric Composer conversion scale, MSS-2018-22. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Rule, Composing Tools & Equipment for Communication Printing T&E Typesetting Equipment

Production place

United States of America North America Americas

Subject: all levels

Typewriters Electronic office machines Layout (Printing) <C> Autotype process printing Printing processes Photography Equipment and supplies Printing

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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