Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/IMPERIAL/BRASS
- DATE
- 1837–1874
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0520.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Booth & Son
- 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
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Booth
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 19TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY VARIOUS BRITISH & PRE-METRIC FRENCH MEASURES WERE USED. IN 1874, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PURCHASED ITS OWN STANDARDS & SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION. - Function
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A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY (IMPERIAL QUART) BASED UPON A PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
-
THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURE WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 (WITH THE POUNDFINALIZED IN 1855) & CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND & GALLON. THE LATTER WAS DEFINED AS 277 CUBIC INCHES OR THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY 10 LBS OF DISTILLED WATER AT A GIVEN TEMPERATURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ROYAL (VICTORIA) SYMBOL CONSISTING OF 'VR' & CREST/ INCISED LETTERING READING 'BOOTH & SON' & 'QUART'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Booth & Son, Standard, capacity, between 1837–1874, Artifact no. 1995.0520, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0520.001/
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