Balance

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OBJECT TYPE: BEAM/ANALYTICAL/CHAINOMATIC
DATE: 1941
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0428.001

MANUFACTURER: Becker, Christian Inc.
MODEL: 8ACNB
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: B22611
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS & METAL SCALE/ WOOD & GLASS CASE/ BAKELITE BASE/ IVORY MFR'S PLATE & BUTTONS

Dimensions

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

Length: 41.4 cm
Width: 22.9 cm
Height: 46.0 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: Becker
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: USED IN AGRICULTURE CANADA ANIMAL DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEPEAN, ONT.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE READS:'CHAINOMATIC/ CHRISTIAN BECKER INC./ NEW YORK'/ IN DRAWER ENGRAVING READS: 'CHAINOMATIC'/ STAMPED IN DRAWER: 'PAT. FEB. 25, 1919'/ 'PAT. NOV. 7, 1916' STAMPED ON VERTICAL POST IN FRONT OF, AND TO THE LEFT OF BALANCE.
Missing: CRANK HANDLE BROKEN/ WEIGHTS/ LEFT HAND KNOB
Finish: BRONZE, GOLD, SILVER, BLACK LACQUERED BRASS/ VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK BAKELITE/ PLATED GOLD CHAIN/ SPIRIT LEVEL, YELLOW IVORY/ CHROME PLATED METAL SCALES/ TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Becker, Christian Inc., Balance, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1987.0428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0428.001/

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