Tester, egg
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FRESHNESS/MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1930–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0039.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Applied Biology
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 8.6 cm
- Height
- 18.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Poultry equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Made & used at the Food Research Section, Applied Biology of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Possible connections to D.A. Fletcher, identified as a research specialist with the Poultry Division of the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa. Fletcher developed the Fletcher colour scale with NRC paint specialists according to Earle Snyder, "Eggs: The Production, Identification and Retention of Quality in Eggs." Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, 1961, 33. - Function
-
A device used to measure the freshness of an egg by measuring the amount of force required to break the yolk. That amount is proportional to the freshness of the egg. - Technical
-
An example of a simple egg freshness tester using mechanical principles. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED SCALE FOR 0 TO 4
- Missing
- SUPPORT STAND
- Finish
- UNFINISHED GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Applied Biology, Tester, egg, between 1930–1970, Artifact no. 1995.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0039.001/
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