Planimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FIXED ARM
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0741.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stanley, W.F. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- ALLBRIT/C21-806
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8667
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL PLANIMETER/SYNTHETIC COVERED & VELVET LINED WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.1 cm
- Width
- 9.1 cm
- Height
- 4.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Stanley
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1946-1976
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MECHANICALLY MEASURE THE AREA OF ANY CLOSED PLANE FIGURE OR IRREGULAR SHAPE ON A DRAWING OR MAP. - Technical
-
A SMALL INSTRUMENT WHICH ACCURATELY (+ OR - 0.5%) MEASURES IRREGULAR SHAPES. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY A MODEL SHIP BUILDER BUT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR OTHER SMALL SCALE APPLICATIONS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED 'C21-806' & '1 REV-10' & BLACK & BLUE DIAL & SCALE MARKINGS/.2 WHITE INCISED LETTERING READING 'ALLBRIT', 'MADE IN ENGLAND', & '8667'/.3 MARKED '9.99' & '1993'
- Missing
- PROBABLY MAGNIFIER
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED & METALLIC PLANIMETER/ BLACK CASE COVERING WITH BLUE LINING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Stanley, W.F. & Co. Ltd., Planimeter, 1946, Artifact no. 1995.0741, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0741.001/
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