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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1559.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 100 (WEIGHTS)
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Mass/weight
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1920'S? TO LATE 1940'S
Canada: AMERICAN-MADE TECHNOLOGY USED AT A CANADIAN MINING OPERATION. THE MINE NEVER PRODUCED ANY GOLD, ALTHOUGH FOOLS GOLD& SULPHUR WERE DISCOVERED.
Function: A DEVICE USED TO MEASURE PRECISELY SMALL QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS (-1 GRAM WITH PRECISION OF -0.05 GRAMS). THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO WEIGH GOLD ORE.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY PRECISE (FOR ITS TIME) MEASURING INSTRUMENT. THE STYLE OF BEAM LOW DOWN IN THE CASE REFLECTS THE DESIGN FOR PRECISION WORK. IT HAS MAGNIFIERS TO MONITOR POSITIONING OF WEIGHTS, SAMPLES, ETC. ON THE PANS & THE POINTER ON THE SCALE.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
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