Block set, gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOHANNSON/LENGTH/IMPERIAL
- DATE
- 1908
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1476.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Johansson, C.E.
- MODEL
- JOHANNSON
- LOCATION
- Eskilstuna, Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1143
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 78
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, POSSIBLY INVAR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 26.8 cm
- Height
- 4.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Johansson
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Eskilstuna
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED C. 1930S-1980S. THIS TYPE OF GAUGE BLOCK USED SINCE LATE 1800S.
- Canada
-
USED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABS, OTTAWA ONT. - Function
-
TO CHECK CALIBRATION OF PRECISE MEASURING EQUIPMENT OR MACHINED PIECES, TO VERIFY THEY ARE WITHIN SET LIMITS OR TOLERANCES. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF GAUGE BLOCKS DESIGNED FOR ESTABLISHING AND VERIFYING PRECISE LENGTH; SIMILAR BLOCKS FOR ANGLES WERE ALSO AVAILABLE. THEY CAME INTO SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USE DURING WW 1. THESE BLOCKS WERE MFD. FOR USE AT TEMPERATURES + 66 DEGREES F - EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE, AND ESPECIALLY HUMIDITY COULD AFFECT LENGTH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'C.E. JOHANSSON/ ESKILSTUNA-SWEDEN/ SW. PATENT/ 17017/ MEDAILLE D'OR/ -LIEGE 1905.-/ ENGL. PATENT/ JUNE 1901/ THE "ARNBERG" PRIZE/ ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY/ OF SCIENCE./ STOCKHOLM 1908./ MEDAILLE DE VERMEIL/ SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT/ POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE/ PARIS 1903' STAMPED INTO PLATE/ '10' INCISED ON INSIDE LOWER EDGE OF LID/ '+66[DEGREES]F' STAMPED INTO INSIDE TOP EDGE OF CASE BASE; '1143' STAMPED INTO LOWER EDGE/ 'PLEASE RECORD THE NUMBER OF THE SET OF GAUGE WHEN USING' HANDWRITTEN ON CARD TACKED INSIDE BOX LID/ 'GA 118' HANDWRITTEN IN GREEN PAINT ON CASE TOP; '1143' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK PAINT ON BOX EDGE. *SUPP.INFO.
- Missing
- 3 BLOCKS- 0.123, 0.137 & 2 INCH. MISSING
- Finish
- EXTREMELY SMOOTH, POLISHED SILVER METAL BLOCKS, COATED WITH OIL OR OIL-LIKE SUBSTANCE. CASE IS STAINED & VARNISHED; GREEN FELT PADS FITTED INSIDE LID.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Johansson, C.E., Block set, gauge, after 1908, Artifact no. 1992.1476, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1476.001/
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