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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIMARY/YARD/NICKLE-STEEL
- DATE
- 1921
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0149.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Société Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique
- MODEL
- 224
- LOCATION
- Geneva, Switzerland
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE; STEEL AND NICKEL RULE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 106.5 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Genevoise
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Geneva
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920S UP TO THE 1980S
- Canada
-
ONE OF THE LEGAL STANDARD RULES AGAINST WHICH OTHER YARD MEASURES WERE COMPARED. - Function
-
USED AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTAL STANDARD REFERENCE FOR A YARD MEASURE FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. - Technical
-
THIS RULE WAS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTAL (WEIGHTS & MEASURES DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE)STANDARD FOR THE YARD. TWO AUXILLIARY MARKS RULED BY THE NPL IN 1924 AT 42.9MM AND 957.1MM ORIGINALLY DEFINED ONE YARD. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON OUTSIDE LID OF BOX: '10241 A'/ HANDWRITTEN ON INSIDE OF LID: 'STOCK NO 1202'/ ENGRAVED IN RULE ON TOP EDGE: 'S.I.P. GENEVE'/ ON UNDER SIDE: 'NO 224 ACIER NICKEL 42% COULEE 4118 NPL [LOGO] 52330 a'/ ON NEUTRAL PLANE: GRADUATED IN MILLIMETRES FROM '0' TO '100'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED/ RULE POLISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Société Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, Standard, length, 1921, Artifact no. 1997.0149, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0149.001/
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