General Information

Serial #

25664

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WEIGHTS/ PLASTIC FORCEPS/ PLASTIC CASE WITH WOOD INTERIOR, METAL HARDWARE, SYNTHETIC FOAM PADDING IN LID, SYNTHETIC LID LINING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

10.3 cm

Width

9.1 cm

Height

5.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ainsworth

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Colorado

City

Denver

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

Function

WEIGHTS USED WITH BALANCE, SERVING AS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH MATERIAL TO BE WEIGHED IS MEASURED. WEIGHT IS SUSPENDED FROM ONE SIDE OF BALANCE BEAM WHILE MATERIAL IS PLACED IN PAN ETC. SUSPENDED FROM OTHER SIDE.

Technical

CLASS S WEIGHTS SUCH AS THESE ARE USED AS SCIENTIFIC WORKING STANDARDS & PRECISE ANALYTICALWEIGHTS: FOR USE AS WORKING STANDARDS IN CALIBRATION OF OTHER WEIGHTS, FOR EXACT ANALYTICAL WEIGHINGS WITHOUT NECESSITY FOR APPLICATION OF CORRECTION FACTORS, & FOR KEYBOARD OR DIAL CONTROLLED WEIGHTS IN RAPID WEIGHING MECHANIZED BALANCES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST LETTERING ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "AINSWORTH/ DENVER, COLO. U.S.A."/ PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "FISHER/ SCIENTIFIC/ COMPANY"/ LABEL ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "CLASS S METRIC"/ PAPER LABEL ON INSIDE LID & ON WOOD STAMPED "25664"; SAME NUMBER WRITTEN IN PEN ON INSIDE LID & ON WOOD

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PLATED WEIGHTS/ WHITE FORCEPS/ LIGHT BROWN CASE/ CLEAR COATING ON WOOD/ YELLOWED FOAM WITH COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC COVERING

Decoration

N/A