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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRONIC/TORSION
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1220.001

MANUFACTURER: Roller-Smith
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 701290
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION/ ALUMINUM PANS/ CARDBOARD BOX/ GLASS VIAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.5 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 27.5 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: Roller Smith
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Bethlehem

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO DETERMINE WEIGHT/ MATERIAL TO BE WEIGHED IS SUSPENDED FROM HOOK ON RIGHT SIDE & INDEX LEVER IS ROTATED CLOCKWISE UNTIL BEAM DROPS & POINTER COINCIDES WITH BALANCE LINE/ WEIGHT IS THEN READ FROM DIAL
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: IN BLACK ON FACE IS: `PRECISION BALANCE/CAPACITY 500 MG IDIVISION 2 MG/ CALIBRATED WITH -0- ON WEIGHING HOOK/ ROLLER-SMITH/ BETHLEHEM, PA/ USA/ NO. 701290/ NP 1928'/ YELLOW & BLACK STICKER READS: `CANADA/ AGRICULTURE/ 008418/ A320'/ SILVER ON BLACK PLATE ON BASE FRONT READS: `FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO./ E MER AND AMEND'/ CIRCULAR YELLOW STAMP ON UNDERSIDE: `R/ S/ 5'/ NEXT TO THIS IS A CIRCLE OF PLASTER WITH: `G[?]B/ INC/ TROY, NY/ USA' ON IT BLACK/ ON BACK DIAL HAS: `ZERO ADJ' STAMPED IN/ CARDBOARD BOX HAS: `OAT-2451/ OPEN SCOOP PAN/ 657 MG'/ ON LID &: `K28487/ 675 MG' ON SIDE/ LABEL ON VIAL READS: `CAT-24849/ PAN COMP/ WGT/ 675 MG'
Missing: ONE ADJUSTABLE FOOT
Finish: BODY PAINTED BLACK WITH CRACKLE FINISH/ FEET & DIALS ARE A TARNISHED SILVER COLOUR/ FACE IS WHITE WITH BLACK NUMBERING
Decoration: N/A

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Roller-Smith, Scale, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1987.1220, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.1220.001/

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