Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANALYTICAL/CONSTANT LOAD
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0426.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Mettler, E.
- MODEL
- B5
- LOCATION
- Zurich, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1924
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, MECHANISM, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 49.0 cm
- Width
- 27.2 cm
- Height
- 45.0 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
- Mettler
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Zurich
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MID 1950S TO 1978 +
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE MASS OF SUBSTANCES IN LABORATORY. ANALYTICAL BALANCES ARE PRECISION BALANCES DESIGNED TO MEASURE MASS OF QUANTITIES TO ACCURACY RANGING FROM 0.1 TO 0.01 MILLIGRAMS. - Technical
-
THIS BALANCE UTILIZES THE CONSTANT LOAD OR SUBSTITUTION METHOD OF WEIGHING IN WHICH WEIGHTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BALANCE & ARE ADDED & SUBTRACTED AS NECESSARY BY MEANS OF CONTROLS. REMOVING WEIGHTS RATHER THAN ADDING THEM TOCOMPARE MASS REDUCES WEAR & STRESS ON PARTS, ESPECIALLY PIVOTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BACK READS "E. METTLAR/ Zurich (Schweiz)/ Type B5.25:60C/S/ No. 1924/ Max. Bel. 200 GR/ Made in Switzerland"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "GRAM-ATIC BALANCE/ Made in Switzerland by E. METTLER Zurich/ Distributed by/ FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO./ EIMER & AMEND" WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREEN CRINKLE PAINT ON EXTERIOR/ METALLIC CONTROL PANEL ON FRONT WITH BLACK KNOBS/ PLATED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Mettler, E., Balance, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1995.0426, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0426.001/
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