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- OBJECT TYPE
- Manual/Egg grading
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2011.0053.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National-Ideal
- MODEL
- Premier
- LOCATION
- Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 7.4 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Poultry equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- National Ideal
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Toledo
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- ca. 1956 - 1965.
- Canada
-
This collection documents the work & activities of several generations of the Banta family (involved in homesteading, ranching & farming) from rural southern Alberta, from the late 19th century to the 1980's. - Function
-
Used for weighing eggs to grade them in poultry operation. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering on plate reads: "PREMIER EGG GRADING SCALE/PAT. APPL."; graduated numbering in increments of 2 from 18 to 30.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Dark grey base & frame; silver moving parts; silver plate with black lettering & numbers.
- Decoration
- None.
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National-Ideal, Scale, circa 1955, Artifact no. 2011.0053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0053.001/
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