General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length

29.5 cm

Width

21.2 cm

Height

16.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

6.2

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Volume

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OERTLING

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1874+

Canada

IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKINGIMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY VARIOUS PRE-METRIC FRENCH & PRE-IMPERIAL BRITISH MEASURES WERE USED, BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY BY FRENCH & BRITISH SETTLERS. IN 1874 THE CANADIAN GOVT. PURCHASED ITS OWN STANDARDS & SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.

Function

PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY (IMPERIAL GALLON, 1.5 GALLON, QUART) BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. THEY WERE USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 (WITH THE POUND FINALIZED IN 1855) & CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND, & GALLON. THE LATTER WAS DEFINED AS 277 CUBIC INCHES OR THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY 10 LBS OF DISTILLED WATER AT A GIVEN TEMPERATURE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED '78', 'IMPERIAL GALLON/ DOMINION OF CANADA/ A.D. 1874.' & 'A. OERTLING, LONDON' ON SIDE/.2 INCISED '45', 'IMPERIAL HALF GALLON/ DOMINION OF CANADA/ A.D. 1874' ON SIDE/.3 INCISED '63', 'IMPERIAL QUART/ DOMINION OF CANADA/ A.D. 1874'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BRASS COLOURED

Decoration

CAST BANDS ENCIRCLING BODY