Counter, bushel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0006.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 11
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 83.8 cm
- Height
- 81.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Barns & buildings
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1880-
- Canada
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Invented by Wesley Strenger from Port Dover in Ontario. He was a machinist. - Function
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to count bushels of cereal crops mechanically - Technical
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Mechanical device to count bushels of cereal crops after they have been harvested by the threshers. Canadian patent no. 13077, July 9, 1881 It seems that other designs were also done for the same type of device. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SUPPORTED ON A ROTATING, 3 FOOTED STAND WITH 3 RACKS ON THE BOTTOM & BRACED TO THE TOP BY 3 RODS/ ON TOP IS A BOX WITH TWO 4" CAST DISCS, GRADUATED NUMERICALLY/ FADED RED PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Counter, bushel, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1973.0006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1973.0006.001/
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