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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/METRE/BRASS
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0151.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Collot Frères
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE AND FELT PROTECTORS/ PAPER LABEL/BRASS RULE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 104.8 cm
- Width
- 8.8 cm
- Height
- 4.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Collot
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- PROBABLY FROM THE 1920S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF METRE REFERENCE RULE USED BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS - Function
-
USED AS A STANDARD REFERENCE FOR METRE LENGTHS FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. - Technical
-
THE METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM, WAS INTRODUCED IN FRANCE AROUND 1795. IT REPLACED A LARGE NUMBER OF EXISTING MEASURES, MANY WITH REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN SIZE. IN 1875 THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN ON PAPER LABEL AFFIXED TO INSIDE OF LID: 'La distance entre le/ 10eme et le 90eme cent = 0.m79998'/ ENGRAVED ON RULE: 'Collot Freres a Paris/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 5060 70 80 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED; BLACK FELT/ LACQUERED RULE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Collot Frères, Standard, length, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1997.0151, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0151.001/
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