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OBJECT TYPE: PAPER
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0235.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: METRIC MEASUREMENT
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.5 cm
Width: 42.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: NOT USED - MEANT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN 1980'S
Canada: CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTED TO INTRODUCE THE METRIC SYSTEM TO ALL MEASUREMENT IN CANADA IN THE 1980'S. SOME OPPOSITION AROSE AND IT WAS NOT AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. THESE POSTERS, POSSIBLY MADE TO COMMEMORATE DOMINION BRIDGE'S CENTENNIAL IN 1982, WERE PART OF THE DEBATE.
Function: USED TO INFORM READER ABOUT METRIC SYSTEM AND TO ADVERTISE DOMINION BRIDGE CO.
Technical: CONVERSION TO THE METRIC SYSTEM FROM THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM AFFECTED THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN CANADA
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TITLES:.1 'Man The Measurer'/.2 Milestones in Measurement'/.3 'The Means of Measurement'/.4 'The Metric Movement'/.5 'Metric Memorabilia'/.6 'Measuring Up Metrically'/ ALL INCLUDE: 'DominionBridge/ Steel Service Centre/ A full measure of service since 1882/ All rights reserved, Dominion Bridge Company, Limited.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: ALL PRINTED WITH BLACK & COLOUR; BUT.1 ONLY ONE WITH FULL COLOUR
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Poster, circa 1982, Artifact no. 1994.0235, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0235.001/

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