Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: IMPERIAL/BRASS
DATE: 1874
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0083.003

MANUFACTURER: OERTLING, L.
MODEL: DOMINION OF CANADA/1874
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS MEASURES/ GLASS SLICKS

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.3 cm
Width: 38.0 cm
Height: 18.4 cm
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: AFTER 1874
Canada: IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIANGOVERNMENT PURCHASED ITS OWN STANDARDS AND SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.
Function: USED AS A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, BASED UPON A PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.
Technical: THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 AND CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND AND GALLON,
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED ON OUTSIDE OF ALL: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ A.D. 1874./ L. OERTLING. LONDON'/ ALSO INCISED ON.4-.10: '74'/ STAMPED ON RIM OF ALL: '[CROWN]/ VR/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INDIVIDUAL MKGS:.1 'IMPERIAL STANDARD BUSHEL';.2: 'IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF BUSHEL'/.3: 'IMPERIAL STANDARD PECK'/.4: 'IMPERIAL GALLON';.5: 'IMPERIAL HALF GALLON';.6: 'IMPERIAL QUART';.7: 'IMPERIAL PINT'/.8: 'IMPERIAL HALF PINT';.9: 'IMPERIAL GILL';.10: `IMPERIAL HALF GILL'
Missing: N/A
Finish: LACQUERED
Decoration: CAST BANDS ENCIRCLING BODY/ ORNATE HANDLES

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OERTLING, L., Standard, capacity, 1874, Artifact no. 1997.0083, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0083.003/

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