Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: SECONDARY/LINEAR/IMPERIAL/BRASS
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0500.001

MANUFACTURER: OERTLING, L.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 46.1 cm
Width: 1.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Volume
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: OERTLING
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: ESTABLISHED OFFICIALLY AS PART OF AN INSPECTION KIT BY THE WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF 1914 [REF 3]
Canada: IN 1872, THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARDS. THE WEIGHTS &MEASURES ACT OF 1914 ESTABLISHED THIS ITEM AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE PORTABLE KIT FOR INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES [REF 3]
Function: A LINEAR MEASURE USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER. BY MEASURING DEPTH & DIAMETER, VOLUMES FROM 0.5 GILL TO BUSHEL COULD BE DETERMINED.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A PORTABLE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CONTAINER BY MEANS OF ITS LINEAR DIMENSIONS. THE GILL WAS A SMALL UNIT OF THE BRITISH PRE-IMPERIAL WINE & WINCHESTER CAPACITY MEASURES, AS WELL AS THE IMPERIAL CAPACITY MEASURE, & EQUALS 0.25 PINT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON 4 SIDES: ON 1 SIDE READING 'L. Oertling/ London' (LATTER IN SCRIPT) & 'MEASURE FOR DIAMETER', WITH SCALE & NUMBERS FOR 0 TO 70/ LETTERING ON OPPOSITE SIDE READS 'MEASURE FOR DEPTH', WITH SCALE FOR 0 TO 39/ LETTERING ON EDGES READS 'Measure the Diameter with the scale marked diameter and take the Reading. Measure the Depth with the Scale marked Depth and take the Reading. Add the Readings' & 'The Sum will be 10 for 1/2 Gill, 30 for 1/2 Pint, 40 for Pint, 50 for Quart, 60 for 1/2 Gallon, 70 for Gallon, 80 for Peck, 90 for 1/2 Bushel, 100 for Bushel'
Missing: N/A
Finish: LACQUERED BRASS
Decoration: N/A

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OERTLING, L., Standard, capacity, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1995.0500, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0500.001/

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