General Information

Serial #

77292

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME WITH GLAZED TOP & SIDES/ METAL MECHANISM & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC? CHASSIS & SCALE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & GLASS WEIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length

42.0 cm

Width

38.2 cm

Height

49.0 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

SARTORIUS

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Göttingen

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1932 +

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. ONE OF THREE PURCHASED BY NRC IN 1932 (SEE 850616), THIS BALANCE WAS USED IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

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

EXAMPLEOF 1930S EQUAL-ARM ANALYTICAL SEMI-MICRO PROJECTION-READING BALANCE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATES ON CASE EXTERIOR READING "SARTORIUS-WERKE/ A.G./ GOTTINGEN" & "Mod. SM 10/ 100g"/ BLACK? LETTERING ON SCALE READS "SARTORIUS-WERKE/ A.G./ GOTTINGEN/ 77292"

Missing

ONE FOOT

Finish

CLEAR COATING ON BROWN WOOD/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK CHASSIS/ BLACK CRINKLE & GLOSSY PAINTED PARTS/ BRASS COLOURED, PLATED, & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE GLASS VIEWER/ BLACK KNOBS, WEIGHTS/ WHITE SCALE

Decoration

N/A