Table, grain sorting

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OBJECT TYPE: WOODEN
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0923.001

MANUFACTURER: Agr CEF
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 25
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE/ SOME KNOBS ARE WOOD AND SOME ARE METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 106.0 cm
Width: 61.0 cm
Height: 82.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Agriculture CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Used from the 1920s to the 1980s [as per graffiti on drawers]
Canada: A piece of equipment used at the central experimental farm in ottawa for agricultural research
Function: Used to sort by hand various grain seeds into categories required
Technical: An example of a simple piece of research equipment that was used over the years.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: VARIOUS COMMENTS, NAMES ETC. HANDWRITTEN ON OUTSIDE OF SIDE DRAWERS AND SOME OF THE LIDS ON BOTH TABLES - APPEARS TO BE BY THE WORKERS OVER THE YEARS.
Missing: N/A
Finish: TABLES PAINTED GLOSS GREY ENAMEL WITH DRAWER FRONTS AND KNOBS PAINTED GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL
Decoration: N/A

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Agr CEF, Table, grain sorting, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1986.0923, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0923.001/

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