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- OBJECT TYPE
- TERTIARY/LINEAR/IMPERIAL/BRASS
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0071.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OERTLING, L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- 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
- 46.2 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 OFFICIALY AS PART OF AN INSPECTION KIT BY THE WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF 1914 [REF 2]
- Canada
-
IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKINGIMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD. THE WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF 1914 ESTABLISHED THIS ITEM AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE PORTABLE KIT FOR INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES [REF 2] - Function
-
USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER. BY MEASURING DEPTH AND DIAMETER, VOLUMES FROM 1/2 GILL TO 1 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. THESE WERE PROBABLY PART OF THE OFFICIAL INSPECTOR'S PORTABLE INSPECTION KIT. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 -.4 INCISED LETTERING ON 4 SIDES: ON 1 SIDE: 'MEASURE OF DEPTH'/ GRADUATED SCALE NUMBERED: '5''10''15''20''25''30''35''39'/ SECOND SIDE: 'MEASURE FOR DIAMETER'/ GRADUATED SCALE FROM '5' TO '70' MARKED IN FIVES/ THIRD SIDE: '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 two Readings.'/ FOURTH SIDE: ' The Sum will be 10 for 1/2 Gill, 30 for 1/2 Pint, 50 for Quart, 60 for 1/2 Gallon, 70 for Gallon, 80 for Peck, 90 for 1/2 Bushel, 100 for Bushel.'/.1 &.2 ALSO ON SECOND SIDE: 'L. Oertling/ London'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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OERTLING, L., Standard, capacity, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1997.0071, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0071.001/
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