General Information

Serial #

56

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.8 ALUMINUM HOUSING CONTAINING LEAD WEIGHT/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL FITTINGS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

21.5 cm

Width

11.9 cm

Height

6.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Poultry equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DOUGLAS

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Melbourne

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

FOR GRADING EGGS ACCORDING TO WEIGHT: SMALL (18 OZ./DOZ.), MEDIUM (21 OZ./DOZ.), LARGE (24 OZ./DOZ.) & EXTRA-LARGE (27 OZ./DOZ.). INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT IS PLACED ON SCALE TO PROVIDE STANDARD FOR COMPARISON.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE ON BOX LID READS: 'DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL/ LIMITED/ MELBOURNE, ONT. CANADA/ EQUIPMENT FOR THE EGG & POULTRY TRADE/ MODEL SERIAL 56/ PATENT NO'S. CANADIAN 411988 - 429207/ U.S.A. 2-381-035 OTHER PATS. PENDING'/ WEIGHTS STAMPED '18/ GO' (.1), '21/ GO' (.2), '24/ GO' (.3), '27/ GO' (.4), '18/ NO GO' (.5), '21/ NO GO' (.6), '24/ NO GO' (.7), '27/ NO GO' (.8)/ 'D.AFLETCHER' PRINTED IN PENCIL ON BOX BASE

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1-.8 WEIGHT HOUSING ALUMINUM UNFINISHED/ BOX WOOD UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A