Standard set, mass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TERTIARY/IMPERIAL/NESTED CUP
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0145.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 28
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BOX; BRASS WEIGHTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1930S AND 1940S
- Canada
-
SAMPLE OF WEIGHTS USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BEAMSCALE TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF THE ITEM BEING WEIGHED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 STAMPED ON SIDE: '2/10 LB/ NO. 28'/.2 STAMPED ON BOTTOM: 'NO 28/ 2/10 LB./ X [CROWN] GR 19'/.3 STAMPED ON TOP: 'NO.28/ 1/10/ LB.'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOTTOM OF BOX: 'W15/ -5'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED/ LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard set, mass, 1929, Artifact no. 1997.0145, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1997.0145.001/
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