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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/IMPERIAL YARD/FOLDING/BRASS
- DATE
- 1911
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0501.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LUFKIN RULE CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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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
- 47.7 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LUFKIN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
IN 1872, THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S ONLY LEGAL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY VARIOUS PRE-METRIC FRENCH & PRE-IMPERIAL BRITISH MEASURES WERE USED, BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY BY FRENCH & BRITISH SETTLERS. - Function
-
A PRECISE MEASURE OF LENGTH, BASED UPON A GOVERNMENT STANDARD & USED AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
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THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824, & CONSISTED OF THE POUND, GALLON, & YARD. THE YARD HAD EXISTED SINCE THE SAXON PERIOD, BECOMING A LEGAL STANDARD BETWEEN 1266 & 1303, & USED AS SUCH INTO THE MODERN ERA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED 'GR' ON EACH END & '81K' ON LOWER SCALE END/ INCISED SCALE & INCISED BLACK NUMBERS 0 TO 36 & READING (10THS)/ STAMPED ON TOP BETWEEN '6' AND '7': 'LUFKIN'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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LUFKIN RULE CO., Standard, length, after 1911, Artifact no. 1995.0501, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0501.001/
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