Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/FRENCH/BRASS
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0517.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ST. AMANT, O.
- MODEL
- LOWER CANADA/VR/1860
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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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
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 35.7 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ST AMANT
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1860 TO NO LATER THAN 1872
- Canada
-
A FRENCH MEASURE INTRODUCED INTO NEW FRANCE BY FRENCH SETTLERS. IT CONTINUED AS A LEGAL STANDARD IN LOWER CANADA AFTER THE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE IN 1759 UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST CANADA WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT CAUSED ALL EXISTING MEASURES TO BE REPLACED BY THE IMPERIAL GALLON, YARD, & POUND - Function
-
A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, BASED UPON A PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED. - Technical
-
IN FRANCE THE MINOT WAS THE LEGAL GRAIN MEASURE UNTIL 1795, WHEN THE METRIC SYSTEMREPLACED EXISTING MEASURES. THE MINOT WAS EQUAL TO 1.108 ENGLISH BUSHELS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READS 'V.R. L.C./ 1/2 Minot [SCRIPT]/ 1860'/ INCISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS 'O. ST. AMANT'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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ST. AMANT, O., Standard, capacity, 1860, Artifact no. 1995.0517, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0517.001/
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