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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPRING BALANCE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0195.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL, INCLUDING BRASS?, SHEET METAL, SPRING STEEL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.4 cm
- Width
- 21.7 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920-1960
- Canada
-
USED IN MERCHANDIZING TRADE TO SELL GOODS BY THE POUND. - Function
-
A CALIBRATED SPRING DEVICE USED TO MEASURE WEIGHT. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A MECHANIZED WEIGHTING DEVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON SCALE READING: 'POCKET/ BALANCE' & 'ENGL', WITH MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 25 LBS.
- Missing
- none apparent
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED SCALE FRONT, WITH BLACK PAINTED BACK/ UNFINISHED TRAY AND CHAINS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Scale, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1988.0195, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0195.001/
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