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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/7 LB IMPERIAL/LEAD
- DATE
- 1824
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0508.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CERAMIC BODY/ LEAD WEIGHT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 12.7 cm
- Height
- 10.3 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
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- 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 MASS, BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER STANDARDS COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
-
THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824, & CONSISTED OF THE YARD, GALLON, & POUND. THE LATTER WAS THE TROY POUND OF 373.2 GRAMS. IN 1855 THE AVOIRDUPOIS POUND OF 454 GRAMS REPLACED THETROY AS THE IMPERIAL STANDARD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON TOP READS 'IMPERIAL/ 7.lb./ ENAMEL WEIGHT'
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- WHITE ENAMEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard, mass, after 1824, Artifact no. 1995.0508, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0508.001/
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