Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1874
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0159.004

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Weight: 1.0
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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: British Columbia
Period: AFTER 1874 AND AT LEAST UP TO THE 1910 - 1936 REIGN OF GEORGE V [SEE MARKINGS]
Canada: IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLELEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PURCHASED IT'S OWN STANDARDS & SET UP IT'S OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.
Function: SET USED TO PROVIDE A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPAITY FROM AN IMPERIAL GALLON TO AN IMPERIAL HALF GILL AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED.
Technical: THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 AND CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND, AND GALLON.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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OERTLING, L., Standard, capacity, 1874, Artifact no. 1997.0159, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0159.004/

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