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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALANCE BEAM/IMPERIAL 5 LB/BRASS
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0511.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- 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
- N/A
- Width
- 6.6 cm
- Height
- 13.5 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
- 20TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A WEIGHT USED ON A BALANCE BEAM TYPE SCALE, SERVING AS THE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH THE MATERIAL TO BE WEIGHED IS MEASURED. THE WEIGHT IS SUSPENDED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BALANCE WHILE THE MATERIAL IS PLACED IN A PAN ETC. SUSPENDED FROM THE OTHER SIDE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON UPPER SURFACE READS 'T' & '10'/ INCISED LETTERING ON UNDERWIDE READS 'T-106-2', WITH BRITISH ROYAL SYMBOL CONSISTING OF ER WITHIN CROWN
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CHROME PLATED
- Decoration
- CAST SYMBOL CONSISTING OF '5' IN CIRCLE ON OPPOSITE SIDES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Weight, after 1900, Artifact no. 1995.0511, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0511.001/
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