Standard set, mass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TERTIARY/METRIC/NINTHS/STACKED
- DATE
- 1910–1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0143.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 43
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX WITH BRASS HARDWARE AND FELT BOTTOM PADDING/ BRASS WEIGHTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.8 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 3.2 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20THC
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF WEIGHTS THAT WERE USED BY THE MEASUREMENT STANDARDS INSPECTORS OF CANADA - Function
-
USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF THE ITEM BEING WEIGHED. - Technical
-
WEIGHTS ARE IN MULTIPLES OF NINE - '9' '18' '54' '108' - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN WEIGHTS:.1 [AROUND RIM] '108 GRAM. 43 4' [ON BACK] 'A [CROWN] GR 23'/.2 [AROUND RIM] '54 GRAM. 43' [ON BACK] '[CROWN] GR/ A 23'/.3[AROUND RIM] '18 GRAM 43' [ON BACK] 'A [CROWN] GR 23'/.4 [ON TOP] 9. GRAM/ 43' [ON BACK] '23'/ STAMPED IN BOX LID: '43'/ LABEL AFFIXED TO TOP: 'DO NOT REMOVE/.../ Holding unit-.../ 205D/ E.D.R.-R.D./ 63277'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BOX - STAINED AND VARNISHED/ GREEN FELT/ LACQUERED WEIGHTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard set, mass, circa 1910–1936, Artifact no. 1997.0143, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0143.001/
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