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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATFORM-COUNTER
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0121.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FYFE SCALE CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 31632
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 54.5 cm
- Height
- 37.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FYFE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF PRODUCT OF A CANADIAN MANUFACTURER - Function
-
USED TO WEIGH SOLID OR LOOSE MATERIALS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY TYPE OF MEASURING DEVICE THAT MEASURED BULKY OBJECTS - GRAIN, PEAS, BEANS, ETC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- cast lettering on base reads "FYFE SCALE CO./LTD./240 LB/MONTREAL"/ incised markings & lettering reads "FYFE SCALE CO. LTD./MONTREAL/31632"/ cast lettering on weights reading "10", "80", "1 1/2 lb" on 2 weights & "5", "40", & "3/4 lb" on third
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- REMNANTS OF RED PAINT ON BASE & GREEN PAINT ON TRAY MOSTLY OBSCURED BY CORROSION
- Decoration
- N/A
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FYFE SCALE CO. LTD., Scale, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1986.0121, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0121.001/
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