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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEELYARD/300 LB/3 HOOKS
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1324.001
- MANUFACTURER
- STARRATT
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 76.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 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
- STARRATT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- LAST HALF OF 19TH C FIRST HALF OF 20TH C
- Canada
-
FROM THE EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. ROBERT. THE COLLECTION CONSISTED OF MORE THAN 20 SCALES, SOME OF WHICH HAD BEEN MADE IN CANADA. THE COLLECTION HAD BEEN SPURRED BY A FAMILY OWNED FRENCH SCALE. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO WEIGH MEAT OR GRAIN. USED IN A BARN OR WAREHOUSE IN MOST CASES. CAPACITY IS 300 LBS. WHICH IS BALANCED BY A CAST BALL MARKED 6 1/2 (LBS.) [REF 1] - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF SCALE WHICH ORIGINATED IN ROMAN TIMES [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON END: '300/ TARRAT/ WARRENTED'/ SCALES MARKED ON ARM: '15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90' '80 100 120 140 160 200 220 240 260 280 300'/ STAMPED IN CAST BALL: '6 1/2'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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STARRATT, Scale, after 1850, Artifact no. 1995.1324, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.1324.001/
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