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OBJECT TYPE: inspection/federal/meat
DATE: 1991
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0289.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.4 cm
Width: 2.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1991- c. 1993.
Canada: Scale on rule is very similar to 2000.0283.001, the type of rule used by government employees from the hog grading dept. of Agriculture Canada to provide grading to the hog industry. [Identical/similar rules are believed to have been used by Provincial governments, too.) (ref. 2)
Function: Possibly used to grade hogs.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Scale divided 1 to 7 [units of measurement not specified], and divided and labelled at intervals of 1. "[Canada wordmark symbol]/ Agriculture/ Canada/ 1991" also printed on rule.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: White synthetic rule has purple text and graphics printed on one side.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rule, before 1991, Artifact no. 2000.0289, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0289.001/

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