General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS MEASURES/ GLASS SLICKS

Dimensions

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

Length

67.0 cm

Width

50.0 cm

Height

22.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

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

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1874

Canada

IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIANGOVERNMENT PURCHASED ITS OWN STANDARDS AND SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.

Function

USED AS A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, BASED UPON A PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.

Technical

THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 AND CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND AND GALLON,

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED ON OUTSIDE OF ALL: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ A.D. 1874./ L. OERTLING. LONDON'/ ALSO INCISED ON.4-.10: '74'/ STAMPED ON RIM OF ALL: '[CROWN]/ VR/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INDIVIDUAL MKGS:.1 'IMPERIAL STANDARD BUSHEL';.2: 'IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF BUSHEL'/.3: 'IMPERIAL STANDARD PECK'/.4: 'IMPERIAL GALLON';.5: 'IMPERIAL HALF GALLON';.6: 'IMPERIAL QUART';.7: 'IMPERIAL PINT'/.8: 'IMPERIAL HALF PINT';.9: 'IMPERIAL GILL';.10: `IMPERIAL HALF GILL'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

CAST BANDS ENCIRCLING BODY/ ORNATE HANDLES