Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/IMPERIAL/BRASS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0524.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MALT
- 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
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 31.9 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- 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
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A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, SPECIFICALLY FOR MALT, USED AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
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A STANDARD BASED ON THE CUBIC INCH, A VOLUMETRIC UNIT OF THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURE. IN 1824, THE IMPERIAL POUND, GALLON & YARD (INCLUDING THE INCH) REPLACED ALL OLDER MEASURES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READING INSCRIPT 'Malt. Measure./ 1000 Cubic Inches.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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