General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CERAMIC BODY/ LEAD WEIGHT

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

12.7 cm

Height

10.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S ONLY LEGAL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY VARIOUS PRE-METRIC FRENCH & PRE-IMPERIAL BRITISH MEASURES WERE USED, BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY BY FRENCH & BRITISH SETTLERS.

Function

A PRECISE MEASURE OF MASS, BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER STANDARDS COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824, & CONSISTED OF THE YARD, GALLON, & POUND. THE LATTER WAS THE TROY POUND OF 373.2 GRAMS. IN 1855 THE AVOIRDUPOIS POUND OF 454 GRAMS REPLACED THETROY AS THE IMPERIAL STANDARD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON TOP READS 'IMPERIAL/ 7.lb./ ENAMEL WEIGHT'

Missing

none

Finish

WHITE ENAMEL

Decoration

N/A