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OBJECT TYPE: SECONDARY/IMPERIAL/HUNDREDWEIGHT
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0156.002

MANUFACTURER: De Grave Short & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WEIGHT: BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 18.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 14.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Period: AFTER 1949
Canada: EXAMPLE OF WEIGHTS USED IN NEWFOUNDLAND PROBABLY ORDERED BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF CANADA WHEN IT WAS STILL A BRITISH COLONY AND UNDER ITS REGULATIONS. THESE WEIGHTS WERE NOT UNITS USED IN THE REST OF CANADA.
Function: USED WITH BALANCE, SERVING AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH MATERIAL TO BE WEIGHED IS MEASURED. WEIGHT IS PLACED IN ONE PAN AND OBJECT TO BE MEASURED IN OTHER WITH THE BALANCE EQUILIBRIUM GIVING THE WEIGHT.
Technical: THESE WEIGHTS WERE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE STANDARDS AND WERE DENOMINATIONS AFFIRMED BY BRITISH STATUTES OF 1855 & 1878. THE 56 LB WEIGHTDOWN TO THE 1 LB WEIGHT ARE ALL FRACTIONS OF THE HUNDREDWEIGHT UNIT OF 112 LB; THE OUNCE WEIGHTS ARE FRACTIONS OF THE LB; AND THE DRAM OF THE OUNCE (1 DM = 1/16 OZ).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INSCRIBED ON THE SIDE OF WEIGHT: '[CROWN]/ G VI R 5323 1949/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INSCRIBED ON BOTTOM OF WEIGHT: '1949/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INSCRIBED ON TOP: '24 LB.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WEIGHT: LACQUERED BRASS
Decoration: N/A

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