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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1874
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0264.001

MANUFACTURER: Board of Trade, Government of Great Britain
MODEL: INDENTURE OF CERTIFICATION
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER; CLOTH RIBBON; WAX SEAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Trade UK
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1874
Canada: THESE CERTIFICATES WERE THE LEGAL VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DESCRIBED AND WERE MEANT FOR USE IN CANADA
Function: USED TO CERTIFY THE ACCURACY OF VARIOUS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN RELATION TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT LEGAL STANDARDS.
Technical: COPIES OF BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WERE SENT THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. THESE STANDARDSWERE VERIFIED IN LONDON BY THE DEPT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE BEFORE BEING SENT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON ENVELOPES: 'INDENTURE OF VERIFICATION/ OF STANDARDS.'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'No..../ Dominion of Canada/...'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK OF EACH CERTIFICATE: '[LETTER]/ No..../ Dominion of Canada/ 30 November 1874/...'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK PRINTING AND WRITING; GREEN RIBBON; RED WAX
Decoration: N/A

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Board of Trade, Government of Great Britain, Certificate, 1874, Artifact no. 1997.0264, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0264.001/

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