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OBJECT TYPE: IMPERIAL/ASSAY
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0094.004

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 19
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BOXES WITH BRASS AND STEEL HARDWARE/ BRASS WEIGHTS/ ALUMINUM WEIGHTS/ VELVET LINED RECEPTACLES FOR SOME OF THE WEIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 1.7 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Mass/weight
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: OERTLING
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY FROM LATE 19THC TO 1960S
Canada: USED BY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE "TRIAL OF THE PYX" WHO ANALYZED THE SILVER CONTENT OF SILVER DOLLARS AT THE CANADIAN MINT ONCE AYEAR TO ENSURE THAT A MINIMUM WEIGHT OF SILVER WAS BEING MAINTAINED. THE SCALES 970130 & 970131 WERE USED FOR THIS ANALYSIS.
Function: USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT. CAN BALANCE.20 GRAINS TO 516 GRAINS SINGLY OR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 1661.95 GRAINS.
Technical: ASSAY WEIGHTS ARE USED WITH ASSAY BALANCES TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE WEIGHT OF PRECIOUS METALS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON THE INSIDE TOP OF BOX FOR .4-.6: 'L.OERTLING LONDON/ 258 GRN:/ 180 GRN:/ 18 GRN:'./ STAMPED ON .4 WEIGHT: ‘258/ GRN:/ [CROWN]/ GR/ 1911/ [GATE]'
Missing: ONE 0.25 GRN WEIGHT
Finish: STAINED AND VARNISHED WOOD WITH WHITE PRINTING/ NAVY VELVET/ VARNISHED WEIGHT
Decoration: N/A

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OERTLING, L., Weight, 1911, Artifact no. 1997.0094, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0094.004/

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