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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENDULUM
- DATE
- 1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0311.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FUCOMA
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.5 BRASS/.6 ALUMINUM/.7 OAK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- 14.6 cm
- Height
- 7.5 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
- FUCOMA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1907-1950/ (FROM ORIGINAL CAT RECORD)/ INSPECTION CERT. DATED 30/12/1965 INDICATES LATER USE
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WEIGHT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED INTO.1 IS: '42' IN TWO PLACES;.2 IS: 'FUCOMA 181';.3 IS: '92';.5 IS: '42';.6 IS: '228 No19'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK OF DRAW IS; IN PEN: 'MADE IN CANADA 1907', AND IN PENCIL: '26'/ INSIDE DRAW IS A PRINTED STICKER WHICH READS: 'WEIGHTS AND MEASURES/ COMMERCE/ YEAR 19 ANNEE/ CANADA/POIDS ET MEASURES'/ HANDWRITTEN ON STICKER IN PEN IS: '65/ DEC/ [J]L'/ ALSO STAMPED INTO BEAM OF.2 IS THE INCRIMENTAL SCALE USED FOR DETERMINING WEIGHT, IT RUNS FROM 2 TO 18 IN.
- Missing
- KNOB OR HANDLE OF COLUMN LOCK ON BOX FRONT
- Finish
- .1-.5 BRASS COLOURED/.6 IS SILVER IN COLOUR/.7 VARNISHED BOX IS A MEDIUM HONEY TAN COLOUR, FINISH IS WORN IN SOME PLACES
- Decoration
- N/A
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FUCOMA, Scale, circa 1907, Artifact no. 1979.0311, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0311.001/
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