Used with a hammer (such as the hammer, Cat 2002.0075.07) steel cold chisels aided in cutting off small to medium size bolt heads and nuts, or small rivet heads. Though typical of cold chisels made since the 1920s, this chisel was probably made in the 1970s. The owner’s name “Paulson,” appears stamped in the side. The term “cold” chisel means that the metal being cut into was not usually heated. (Many times in a shop, things made of steel would be heated with a gas torch, often to a red heat, to facilitate removal of a part).
This tool is part of a collection of hand tools used in the inspection and repair of steam locomotives in the early- to the mid-20th century, roughly 1900-1955. Light repairs on steam locomotives were usually done in roundhouses at the many small locomotive terminals throughout a railroad's system; heavy repairs were done in a large, centralized repair shop serving the whole system (often referred to as the "Back Shop").
John T. McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, known for his political cartoons and fascination with technology, particularly aviation. This drawing is in two parts. In the top panel, archeologists look at the Rosetta Stone with magnifying glasses. "This is the way we have gotton our records of things that happened 3,000 years ago." At bottom, tourists look at signs about preservation buildings, which are meant to last forever. "This is the way posterity, 3,000 years hence, will get its records about us." Typed note, "February 5, 1904, The New Photographic Idea for Preserving History with Text."
Nasal electrode with a high frequency fulguration handle associated with Finley Ransom Cook (1868-1937), a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and an early practitioner of x-ray therapy. An inscription reads “WAPPLER E. MFG. CO. / N.Y.” Fulguration refers to the destruction of abnormal tissue by means of electricity.
Ref: “Acne of the Nose Treated With The High Frequency Discharge,” in W. Franklin Coleman, Electricity in Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (1912), pp. 457-458.
“Dr. Finley R. Cook,” New York Times (May 6, 1937), p. 25.
One (1) huang sung t'ung pao coin, Emperor Jen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
China, 1038 - 1040
Obverse Image: Seal script read top, bottom, right, left.
Obverse Text: Romanization: HUANG / SUNG / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: The Imperial Coinage of Sung.)
Reverse Image: N/A
Reverse Text: N/A
General Information: The new year title was Pao Yuan but a repetition in the cash legend of the character Pao was bad form, thus Huang Sung T'ung Pao was chosen for the coinage.
One (1) solidus (histamenon nomisma) coin, Constantine IX
Byzantine Empire, 1042 - 1055
Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing front wearing nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holds the book of Gospels; all surrounded in a triple border.
Obverse Text: IhS / XIS / REX / REGNANTINM
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Constantine IX wearing a beard, crown, loros, and saccos; he holds a cruciform sceptre with tendril ornament and globe surmounted by patriarchal cross; all surrounded in triple border.