Standard set, mass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TERTIARY/METRIC/NINTHS/STACKED
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0144.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 23
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX WITH BRASS HARDWARE AND FELT PADDING; BRASS WEIGHTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 4.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE USED FROM THE 1940S PROBABLY TO THE 1960S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY INSPECTORS IN REGIONAL OFFICES IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF THE ITEM BEING WEIGHED. - Technical
-
WEIGHTS ARE IN MULTIPLES OF NINES: '9' '18' '54' '108' - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON WEIGHTS:.1 [ON TOP RIM] '108 gram 23'/ [ON BACK] 'E 24/ Y [CROWN] GR 15'/.2 [ON TOP RIM] 54 gram 23'/ [ON BACK] 'C/ E 244 15'/.3 [ON TOP RIM]'189 gram 23'/ [ON BACK] 'C 24/ Y [CROWN] GR 15'/.4 [ON TOP] '9/ gram/ 23'/ [ON BACK] 'C E 24/ Y [CROWN] GR 15'/ STAMPED ON TOP OF BOX LID: 'WEIGHTS & MEASURES/ OFFICE/ JUN 19 1943/ SUDBURY ONT./ 23'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: 'W-6.23'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED; GREEN FELT; LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard set, mass, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1997.0144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0144.001/
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