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OBJECT TYPE: METRIC/ANALYTICAL/KNOB
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0439.001

MANUFACTURER: OHAUS SCALE CORP.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 16
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASE/ STAINLESS STEEL FORCEPS/ BRASS WEIGHTS/ ALUMINUMWEIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 3.0 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: OHAUS
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1940'S & 1950'S/ SIMILAR SET STILL AVAILABLE IN 1981 CAT. [REF.1]
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF WEIGHTS USED IN CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOLS FOR INSTRUCTION PURPOSES.
Function: USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT. CAN BALANCE FROM 10 MG TO 50 GM SINGLY OR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 101 GRAMS
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF INEXPENSIVE SET FOR PRECISE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC USES
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 '50 GM'/.2 '20 GM'/.3 &.4 '10'/.5 '5'/.6 &.7 '2'/.8 '1'/.9 '500/ MG'/.10 &.11 '200'/.12 '100'/.13 '50'/.14 '20'/.15 '10'/ EMBOSSED ON COMPARTMENT LID: 'OHAUS SCALE CORPORATION USA/ FRACTIONAL WEIGHTS'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BOX: WHITE BOTTOM, CLEAR LID, BLACK INNER TRAYS/.1-.8 POLISHED/.9-.15 SATIN FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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OHAUS SCALE CORP., Weight, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1991.0439, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0439.001/

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