Two thin semi-transparent sheets of legal sized paper for an student nurse exam on anatomy with ten questions in multi-parts; thin double red line along vertical left side of pages; hand written partial responses in balck fountain pen and lead pencil; text was mimeographed with purple ink.
Two thin semi-transparent sheets of legal sized paper for an student nurse exam on anatomy with ten questions in multi-parts; thin double red line along vertical left side of pages; hand written partial responses in balck fountain pen and lead pencil; text was mimeographed with purple ink.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a-b: pages - Length 33.0 cm x Width 20.3 cm
Provenance
Found in bottom of a drawer at the Kingston Regional Cancer Centre.
Dates
1911
circa 1911
Date Remarks
Publication date
Material
paper: cream
ink: purple, red, balck
Inscriptions
Printed on first page: "EXAMINATION IN ANATOMY // March 18, 1911 // 1. (a) Give the classification of bones and an example of each // (b) Name the bones of the lower extremity ..."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Nursing Documents Binder pg. 9 a
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Paper brittle, faded, edges wrinkled and creased, large stain top centre of first page, adhered to second page
Copy Type
original
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The process is mimeography. A copy made by the process is a mimeograph.
Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were common technologies for printing small quantities of a document, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. Early fanzines were printed by mimeograph because the machines and supplies were widely available and inexpensive. Beginning in the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s, photocopying gradually displaced mimeographs, spirit duplicators, and hectographs.
A document reproduction technique known as stencil duplicating. Its earliest form was invented in 1874.
By 1900, two primary types of mimeographs had come into use: a single-drum machine and a dual-drum machine. The single-drum machine used a single drum for ink transfer to the stencil, and the dual-drum machine used two drums and silk-screens to transfer the ink to the stencils. The single drum (example Roneo) machine could be easily used for multi-color work by changing the drum - each of which contained ink of a different color. This was spot color for mastheads. Colors could not be mixed.
The mimeograph became popular because it was much cheaper than traditional print - there was neither typesetting nor skilled labor involved. One individual with a typewriter and the necessary equipment became their own printing factory, allowing for greater circulation of printed material.