General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal; paper, .7 cellulose nitrate

Dimensions

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

Length

16.5 cm

Width

9.8 cm

Height

1.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Precision tools

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Metzger

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Philadelphia

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Roy Belshaw was a life-long Waterous employee. In 1993, he rescued (with permission) an extraordinary collection of Waterous company material from the dumpster into which it had been thrown. Over and above the historical significance of the Waterous firm, it is the completeness of the records saved by Mr. Belshaw that make this collection unique. For once, a detailed internal study of a Canadian firm like this can be carried out against its record of production. The collection also includes a great deal of material that documents the social and plant life of the workers.

Function

Unknown

Technical

The Waterous firm (under various names) was one of Canada's pioneering equipment manufacturers. Located in Brantford, it was one of Canada's longest lasting heavy equipment manufacturers - producing agricultural, steam, fire, and especially logging equipment from 1844-1992.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised print reads: "F.F. METZGER & SON/ PHILA./ PAT 10.28.32/ No 1884073"/ Print on dial face reads: "F.F. METZGER & SON/ 1000 ths/ INCHES"/ Dial increments from "0" to "99"

Missing

Crystal has detached from dial and catalogued as .7

Finish

Polished silver instrument with engraved markings. Screwed to instrument is the dial micrometer which has a yellowed face with black print.

Decoration

N/A