General Information

Serial #

524661

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON AND OTHER METAL BALANCE. WOODEN CRATE WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

53.5 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

59.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IBM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY FROM THE 1920S UP TO THE 1960S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF DEVICE USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION IN OTTAWA

Function

USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF QUANTITIES UP TO 16 OZ

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON FRONT: 'MANUFACTURED BY/ INTERNATIONAL/ BUSINESS MACHINES CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO, CAN./ STYLE NO. 1402/ CAPACITY 10 LBS./ SERIAL 524661'/ PLATE ON TOP OF BASE: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ STANDARDS DIVISION/ INSPECTION STANDARD SW 20'/ SCALE FROM '0' TO '16OZ'/ ON DIAL PLATE: 'DAYTON'/ PLATE ON BOX: 'Consumer and/ Corporate Affairs/ NO. SW 20/ STANDARDS/LABORATORY/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BASE AND DIAL POST COATED WITH WHITE GLAZE; BEAM AND ONE PAN CHROMED/ STORAGE BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED

Decoration

N/A