Specimen, roughness

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OBJECT TYPE: STANDARD
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0198.002

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: 8651831G2
LOCATION: Schenectady, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE, FABRIC LINING, PAPER CHART/.2-.10 NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.2 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
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: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Schenectady

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER; HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1000 PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQUIPMENT.
Function: SPECIMENS OF DIFFERENT TEXTURES OR FINISHES OF METAL SURFACES, USED BY MACHINISTS WHEN FINISHING METAL SURFACES.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 PLATE READING "GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC/ STANDARD ROUGHNESS SPECIMENS/ CAT. 8651831G2/ N.P. 110237 SCHENECTADY, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A."; BLACK LETTERING ON CHART/.2 INCISED "4"/.3 INCISED "8" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "go"/.4 INCISED "16" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "ga"/.5 INCISED "32" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "gb"/.6 INCISED "63" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "gi"/.7 INCISED "125" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "fo"/.8 INCISED "500" & "GE" LOGO, HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "fo"/.9 INCISED "1000" & "GE" LOGO/.10 INCISED "2000" & "GE" LOGO
Missing: SPECIMEN #250
Finish: .1 STAINED DARK BROWN & COATED; METAL FINISH OBSCURED;MAROON LINING; WHITE PAPER/.2-.10 METALLIC
Decoration: N/A

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