General Information

Serial #

99104

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN FRAME/ PLASTIC POWER UNIT/ BAKELITE BASE/ GLASS COVERED CASE (CLEAR)/ BALANCE MADE OF BRASS; BRUSHED METAL (ALUMINUM?); TIN/ UNIT CONTAINING LIGHT IS CAST IRON.

Dimensions

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

Length

37.5 cm

Width

27.5 cm

Height

49.2 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

SARTORIUS

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Göttingen

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1932-1985

Canada

USED IN CANADA. IT WAS ONE OF THREE BALANCES BROUGHT TO NRC FROM GERMANY IN 1932.

Function

AIR DAMPED ANALYTICAL BALANCE THAT COULD BE USED AS A "SEMI-MICRO" MEASURING INSTRUMENT.

Technical

AIR DAMPING ELIMINATED THE NECESSITY FOR CHEMISTS TO SIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE NEEDLE HAD SETTLED BEFORE TAKING A READING. AIR DAMPING HELPED TO SETTLE THE NEEDLE MUCH MORE QUICKLY THUS INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1: 'SARTORIUS-WERKE/AG/GOTTINGEN/99104' APPEARS ON SMALL PLATE SCREWED TO BASE OF SCALE AND TO MAGNIFIER/ 'Modell SM10/ 100g/ Made in Germany' APPEARS ON PLATE ON TOP FRONT OF CASING/ 'SARTORIUS-WERKE/ MADE IN GERMANY/ GOTTINGEN' APPEARS ON PLATE, BELOW/ 'canlab' PLATE IN LOWER RIGHT FRONT/ 'HARTING', '6V' AND 'CYCLES 130 190 240/ VOLTS 110 150 220' APPEARS ON UNIT/.3: 'OSRAM Made in Germany 6VSW' PRINTED ON BULB BASE/ 'SARTORIUS-WERKE/ A-G/ GOTTINGEN' AND 'MADE IN/ GERMANY' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON FEET.

Missing

NONE

Finish

BLACK BAKELITE BASE/ WOODEN FRAME ISVARNISHED/ BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON LIGHT UNIT.

Decoration

N/A