Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Hanging/Opium
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0054.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass tray & weights/ Ivory beam/ Wood case with brass hinge/ Paper label.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.8 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- 1921-1978 (this artifact)
- Canada
-
Cette balance a été utilise dans l'une des dernières buanderies chinoises dans les provinces maritimes ; celle-ci a été en activités entre 1950-1978. Elle s'appellait "The Charlie Hong Hand Laundry" à Halifax. - Function
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To weigh jewellry and other small items as well as opium. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Calibration marks on beam/ 'H.F.' handwritten on tray bottom/ 'I' handwritten on case/ Paper label affixed to inside lid has printed chinese characters.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Balance, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0054.001/
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