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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM/ANALYTICAL/ASSAY
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OERTLING
- MODEL
- Oertling's Assay 9
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal, agate, wood and glass cabinet
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.3 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 48.3 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
- OERTLING
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used by Dr. Marcel Pochon, an associate of Dr. Curie, brought to Canada & Port Hope by the Labines of Eldorado Mining & Refining Co. "to guide & supervise the extraction of radium from pitchblende in the first such lab. in this country". On it was weighed the first Canadian radium produced at the refinery in port hope. - Function
-
To weigh commodities where a high degree of sensitivity and accuracy are required. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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OERTLING, Balance, before 1935, Artifact no. 1969.1002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1002.001/
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