Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM/ANALYTICAL/STANDARD
- DATE
- 1950–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0183.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westphal, George
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BASE/ STEEL BALANCE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WOOD CASE WITH METAL FOIL-LINED GLASS WINDOWS, METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 138.3 cm
- Width
- 68.3 cm
- Height
- 198.6 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
- Westphal
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950 TO C.1980
- Canada
-
MADE BY A CANADIAN, GEORGE WESTPHAL OF TORONTO, WHO MADE SCIENTIFIC BALANCES & INSTRUMENTS FROM AT LEAST 1950-1962. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL MEASUREMENT STANDARDS &FOR ALMOST 35 YEARS IT PROVIDED ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF CANADA'S NATIONAL MASS STANDARDS & FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. - Function
-
A PRECISION MEASURING DEVICE USED TO COMPARE MASS STANDARDS, SPECIFICALLY TO ATTEST THE STANDARD MASSES FOR THE CANADIAN DEPT. OF LEGAL METROLOGY & NATIONAL DEFENCE, & VERIFY COMPARISON MASSES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL & INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES WHICH RELY ON EXACT MASSES TO PRODUCE THEIR PRODUCTS. - Technical
-
A LARGE CUSTOM-MADE PRECISION BALANCE, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD A LIFTING CAM TO RAISE THE BEAM OFF ITS PIVOTS. IN THE LATE 1960'S, A HYDRAULIC CAM WAS USED TO PROVIDE MORE STABILITY & EASIER HANDLING BUT WAS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT LEAKED OIL. IN 1993 NRC DESIGNED A NEW CAM LIKE THE FIRST BUT IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL & THE BALANCE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHLY ACCURATE MEASUREMENT REQUIRED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 40 ON WHITE SCALE/ DETACHED LARGE SYNTHETIC PLATE READING IN BLACK 'GEORGE WESTPHAL/ TORONTO'/ TWO DECALS ON PLATE READING 'Property of/Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 002170' & 'NRC/CNR/ PHYSICS/PHYSIQUE/ 012818'
- Missing
- From CA of 03/09/1995 by Myles Bailey: No - Complete
- Finish
- WHITE PAINTED BASE/ BLACK PAINTED BALANCE ARM, PAN BASES/ POLISHED STEEL BALANCE FRAME & PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC SCALE & MFR'S I.D. PLATE/ WOOD STAINED DARK BROWN & VARNISHED ON INTERIOR OF CASE, EXTERIOR HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF ITS FINISH/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ METALLIC FOIL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westphal, George, Balance, between 1950–1951, Artifact no. 1994.0183, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0183.001/
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