General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

8.6 cm

Height

18.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Poultry equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Made & used at the Food Research Section, Applied Biology of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Possible connections to D.A. Fletcher, identified as a research specialist with the Poultry Division of the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa. Fletcher developed the Fletcher colour scale with NRC paint specialists according to Earle Snyder, "Eggs: The Production, Identification and Retention of Quality in Eggs." Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, 1961, 33.

Function

A device used to measure the freshness of an egg by measuring the amount of force required to break the yolk. That amount is proportional to the freshness of the egg.

Technical

An example of a simple egg freshness tester using mechanical principles.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED SCALE FOR 0 TO 4

Missing

SUPPORT STAND

Finish

UNFINISHED GREY

Decoration

N/A