General Information

Serial #

26165

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MAHOGANY WOOD CASE WITH GLAZED TOPS & SIDES, METAL HARDWARE & SYNTHETIC DRAWER & DOOR PULLS/ METAL BALANCE (BRASS?, GUN-METAL? BEAM)/ BLUED STEEL PANS/ AGATE PIVOTS/ GLASS? BALANCE SUPPORT SURFACE/ SYNTHETIC WEIGHT CASE WITH SILVER? WEIGHTS/ RUBBERIZED FABRIC COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

45.5 cm

Width

26.8 cm

Height

44.0 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

VOLAND

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New Rochelle

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1920'S? TO LATE 1940'S

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE TECHNOLOGY USED AT A CANADIAN MINING OPERATION. THE MINE NEVER PRODUCED ANY GOLD, ALTHOUGH FOOLS GOLD& SULPHUR WERE DISCOVERED.

Function

A DEVICE USED TO MEASURE PRECISELY SMALL QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS (-1 GRAM WITH PRECISION OF -0.05 GRAMS). THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO WEIGH GOLD ORE.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY PRECISE (FOR ITS TIME) MEASURING INSTRUMENT. THE STYLE OF BEAM LOW DOWN IN THE CASE REFLECTS THE DESIGN FOR PRECISION WORK. IT HAS MAGNIFIERS TO MONITOR POSITIONING OF WEIGHTS, SAMPLES, ETC. ON THE PANS & THE POINTER ON THE SCALE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE GROUND ON SCALE MECHANISM READS 'VOLAND & SONS/ (INC)/ NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.'/ RAISED LETTERING ON WEIGHT CASE READS 'WM. AINSWORTH & SONS/ DENVER, COLO, U.S.A.' WITH BLUE STAMPED 'NO 100' ON TOP & HAND SCRATCHED '4596' ON UNDERSIDE

Missing

SOME WEIGHTS FROM SET

Finish

BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED CASE/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED & NICKEL PLATED BALANCE MECHANISM/ BLACK BALANCE SUPPORT/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BLACK COVER

Decoration

N/A