General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BAILY'S METAL: COPPER; TIN; AND ZINC/ GOLD/ WOOD BOX WITH FELT LINING & METAL HARDWARE/ WAX SEALS ON BOX

Dimensions

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

Length

103.0 cm

Width

8.7 cm

Height

7.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Length

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Troughton Simms

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1874-1960

Canada

THIS WAS ONE OF THE TWO OFFICIAL COPIES OF THE OFFICIAL 'DOMINION STANDARD YARD' FOR CANADA WHICH PROVIDED THE COUNTRYWITH ITS FIRST OFFICIAL STANDARD YARD MEASURE.

Function

TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL 'DOMINION STANDARD YARD' FOR CANADA.

Technical

THIS WAS A COPY OF THE 1ST OFFICIAL STANDARD OF LENGTH FROM BRITAIN WHICH PROVIDED A STANDARD FOR USE BY SCIENCE & INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE. IN 1960 THIS STANDARD WAS REPLACED BY A PARTICULAR WAVELENGTH IN THE EMISSION SPECTRUM OF THE ELEMENT KRYPTON-86 (SEE 880289).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ENGRAVED ON TOP: 'MR BAILY'S METAL STANDARD YARD B TROUGHTON & SIMMS/ LONDON'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOX: 'No 4'/ STAMPED INTO WAX SEALS AFFIXED TO BOX LID: 'THE SENATE CANADA/ STANDARDS DEPARTMENT BOARD OF [?]DE/ ENGLAND DEPT [?]'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BOX-STAINED & VARNISHED/ METAL UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A