Balance

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OBJECT TYPE: BEAM/ANALYTICAL/EQUAL ARM
DATE: 1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0431.001

MANUFACTURER: SARTORIUS-WERKE AG
MODEL: SELECTA RAPID
LOCATION: Göttingen, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 84367
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING, MECHANISM, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WOOD DOOR HANDLES

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.0 cm
Width: 34.0 cm
Height: 53.0 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: C. 1954 TO 1988+
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: ONE OF LAST MODELS OF EQUAL ARM BALANCE WITH BUILT WITH WEIGHTS IN ONE ARM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON FRONT READS "SARTORIUSORIGINAL SELECTA/ SARTORIUS-WERKE/ A.G./ GOTTINGEN"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "Selecta Rapid 200 g/ 34367/ Made in Germany"/ PLATE ON FRONT READS "CANADIAN/ LABORATORY SUPPLIES/ LIMITED/ MONTREAL-TORONTO-WINNIPEG"/ LABEL READING "NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/ NO. CON54009"
Missing: N/A
Finish: CASING PAINTED GLOSSY LIGHT GREEN/ PLATES & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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SARTORIUS-WERKE AG, Balance, circa 1954, Artifact no. 1995.0431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0431.001/

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