Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE
SECONDARY/LINEAR/IMPERIAL/BRASS
DATE
1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1995.0500.001
MANUFACTURER
OERTLING, L.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length
46.1 cm
Width
1.3 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Metrology
Category
Volume
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
OERTLING
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
London

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
ESTABLISHED OFFICIALLY AS PART OF AN INSPECTION KIT BY THE WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF 1914 [REF 3]
Canada
IN 1872, THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARDS. THE WEIGHTS &MEASURES ACT OF 1914 ESTABLISHED THIS ITEM AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE PORTABLE KIT FOR INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES [REF 3]
Function
A LINEAR MEASURE USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER. BY MEASURING DEPTH & DIAMETER, VOLUMES FROM 0.5 GILL TO BUSHEL COULD BE DETERMINED.
Technical
AN EXAMPLE OF A PORTABLE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CONTAINER BY MEANS OF ITS LINEAR DIMENSIONS. THE GILL WAS A SMALL UNIT OF THE BRITISH PRE-IMPERIAL WINE & WINCHESTER CAPACITY MEASURES, AS WELL AS THE IMPERIAL CAPACITY MEASURE, & EQUALS 0.25 PINT.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
INCISED LETTERING ON 4 SIDES: ON 1 SIDE READING 'L. Oertling/ London' (LATTER IN SCRIPT) & 'MEASURE FOR DIAMETER', WITH SCALE & NUMBERS FOR 0 TO 70/ LETTERING ON OPPOSITE SIDE READS 'MEASURE FOR DEPTH', WITH SCALE FOR 0 TO 39/ LETTERING ON EDGES READS 'Measure the Diameter with the scale marked diameter and take the Reading. Measure the Depth with the Scale marked Depth and take the Reading. Add the Readings' & 'The Sum will be 10 for 1/2 Gill, 30 for 1/2 Pint, 40 for Pint, 50 for Quart, 60 for 1/2 Gallon, 70 for Gallon, 80 for Peck, 90 for 1/2 Bushel, 100 for Bushel'
Missing
N/A
Finish
LACQUERED BRASS
Decoration
N/A

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