General Information

Serial #

100847

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME & BASE WITH GLAZED SIDES & TOP/ METAL MECHANISM,PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METAL WEIGHTS IN WOOD CASE

Dimensions

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

Length

54.2 cm

Width

30.3 cm

Height

53.2 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

SAUTER

Country

Germany

State/Province

Württemberg

City

Ebingen

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

? TO 1987+

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. THIS BALANCE WAS USED IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

Function

SCALE USED IN LABORATORY TO WEIGH SUBSTANCES FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN ANALYTICAL, SUCH AS ON-THE-SPOT SERIAL WEIGHINGS, PLATING CONTROL, COUNTING OF SMALL PARTS BY WEIGHT, MOISTURE CONTROL, RAPID TARING, SOIL INVESTIGATION, OBSERVATION OF GROWTH IN BOTANICAL LABORATORIES ETC. (REF 1).

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SEMI-MICRO UNIVERSAL BALANCE, USED FOR VARIETY OF PURPOSES IN LABORATORY OR INDUSTRIAL SETTING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE READS "DIV. 50 mg Made in Germany Capacity 1000g/ August Sauter KG./ Ebingen/Wurtt./ Nr. 100847"/ PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READS IN GOLD "AUGUST SAUTER/ N.Y. INC. N.Y.C. USA."/ PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READING "SCHAAR & COMPANY/ COMPLETE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT/ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS" WITH LOGO READING "SINCE 1909/ SCHAAR/ CHICAGO"/ LABELS READING "NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/ NO. CON53015" & "Property of/Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 097472"/ INCISED LETTERING ON WEIGHTS READS "50 g", "20 g", "20 g", "10 g", "5 g", "2 g", "2 g", "1 g"/ 5 GRAM WEIGHT STAMPED "DR"? WITH "22" ABOVE & "8" BELOW, ALSO STAMPED "23"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

CLEAR COATING ON WOOD/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ GLOSSY WHITE PAINTED MECHANISM CASING/ METALLIC, PLATED, BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC

Decoration

LOGO CONSISTING OF BALANCE ARM & PANS WITH LETTERS "A S E" IN SILVER & GOLD ON MECHANISM CASING, IN BLACK & WHITE ON SCALE, IN RED & GOLD ON EXTERIOR PLATE