General Information

Serial #

1924

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, MECHANISM, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

49.0 cm

Width

27.2 cm

Height

45.0 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

Mettler

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Zurich

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

MID 1950S TO 1978 +

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE MASS OF SUBSTANCES IN LABORATORY. ANALYTICAL BALANCES ARE PRECISION BALANCES DESIGNED TO MEASURE MASS OF QUANTITIES TO ACCURACY RANGING FROM 0.1 TO 0.01 MILLIGRAMS.

Technical

THIS BALANCE UTILIZES THE CONSTANT LOAD OR SUBSTITUTION METHOD OF WEIGHING IN WHICH WEIGHTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BALANCE & ARE ADDED & SUBTRACTED AS NECESSARY BY MEANS OF CONTROLS. REMOVING WEIGHTS RATHER THAN ADDING THEM TOCOMPARE MASS REDUCES WEAR & STRESS ON PARTS, ESPECIALLY PIVOTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON BACK READS "E. METTLAR/ Zurich (Schweiz)/ Type B5.25:60C/S/ No. 1924/ Max. Bel. 200 GR/ Made in Switzerland"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "GRAM-ATIC BALANCE/ Made in Switzerland by E. METTLER Zurich/ Distributed by/ FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO./ EIMER & AMEND" WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GREEN CRINKLE PAINT ON EXTERIOR/ METALLIC CONTROL PANEL ON FRONT WITH BLACK KNOBS/ PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A