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OBJECT TYPE: SPRING BALANCE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1189.001

MANUFACTURER: Chatillon, John & Sons
MODEL: WT-10
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 5537
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Height: 11.0 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: Chatillon
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE
Function: USED TO MEASURE A HANGING WEIGHT FROM 1 TO 200 KG.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: 'CHATILLON [LOGO]/ SINCE 1835/ MODEL WT-10/ SERIAL 5537/ JOHN CHATILLON & SONS - NEW YORK, N.Y./ INSTRUCTIONS/ TO RESET POINTER TO ZERO./ INSERT SCREW DRIVER IN/ OPENING IN BOTTOM OF/ CASE. TURN ADJUSTMENT/ SCREW IN DIRECTION NEC-/ ESSARY TO RETURN POINTER/ TO ZERO./ NO PERIODIC MAINTENANCE/ IS NECESSARY. DO NOT OIL.'/ ON DIAL FACE: 'CHATILLON/ CAPACITY/ 200 X 1KG/ [GRADUATED SCALE FROM '0' TO '19'/ STICKERS: '141425' '1857' '1857'/ ON HOOK: 'Crosby/ 13T'/ ON U-BOLT: 'B3D 31/4T Crosby 58'
Missing: N/A
Finish: DIAL FACE LGITH GREEN WITH BLACK MARKINGS/ POLISHED METAL RIM/ LIGHT BROWN TEXTURED CASE/ RED INDICATOR
Decoration: LOGO OF CO. ON FACE

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Chatillon, John & Sons, Scale, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1189, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1189.001/

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