Meccano Instructions for Outfits O to E
Meccano Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
208 mm (height); 280 mm (width)
Place of origin
Binns Road
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671437
Summary
An exercise book in a cardboard binding covered in blue marbled paper with a green spine. The first four pages are printed with arithmetical and commercial tables. The remainder of the book contains copperplate handwriting and mathematics. There is a loose sheet of mathematical calculations. Total number of items is 7.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss R. Bousfield in October 1992.
Marks and inscriptions
On the front cover of the booklet: 'MECCANO/ HORNBY'S ORIGINAL SYSTEM - FIRST PATENTED 1901/ INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUTFITS O to E PRICE 9d./ COPYRIGHT BY MECCANO LTD., BINNS ROAD, LIVERPOOL 13'
Makers and roles
Meccano Ltd, engraver and publisher