Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/METRIC/PEWTER
- DATE
- 1800–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0521.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
- PEWTER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.4 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 22.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
IN 1872, FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA MADE IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S STANDARDS. IN 1884, BRITIAN (& HENCE CANADA) BECAME ADHERENT OF CONVENTION OF THE METRE, LEGALIZING METRIC SYSTEM IN CANADA (CANADA ADHERED IN OWN RIGHT IN 1907). IN 1971, CANADA BEGAN CONVERSION FROM IMPERIAL TO METRIC AS LEGAL STANDARD. - Function
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A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED - Technical
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METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, BASED ON DECIMAL SYSTEM, WAS INTRODUCED IN FRANCE IN 1793-1795. IT REPLACED LARGE NUMBER OF EXISTING MEASURES, MANY WITHREGIONAL VARIATIONS IN SIZE. IN 1875 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED, BASED UPON THE CONVENTION OF THE METRE. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING READING 'LITRE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC
- Decoration
- INCISED PARALLEL LINES ON LID & RIM
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard, capacity, between 1800–1900, Artifact no. 1995.0521, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0521.001/
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