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

50.3 cm

Width

1.7 cm

Height

1.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Volume

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Collot

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Paris

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

IN 1884, BRITAIN, AND HENCE CANADA AS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, BECAME AN ADHERENT TO THE CONVENTION OF THE METRE, LEGALIZING THE METRIC SYSTEM. CANADA ADHERED IN ITS OWN RIGHT IN 1907.

Function

USED TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, FOR BOTH LIQUID AND DRY INGREDIENTS, BY MEASURING DEPTH AND DIAMETER.

Technical

METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM, WAS INTRODUCED IN FRANCE AROUND 1795. IT REPLACED A LARGE NUMBER OF EXISTING MEASURES, MANY WITH REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN SIZE. IN 1875 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LETTERING INCISED ON ONE SIDE: ' 1/C 2/C 1/2 D 1/D 2/D Demi/Litre Litre Double/Litre [ARROW] Diametre Mesures pour Les Liquides Hauteur [ARROW] Double/Litre Litre Demi/Litre 2/D 1/D 1/2 D 2/C 1/C'/ LETTERING INCISED ON OTHER SIDE: 'Collot Fres [IN CURSIVE] 1/C 2/C 1/2 D 1/D 2/D Demi/Litre Demi/Decalitre Decalitre Double/Decalitre Diametre et Hauteur/ des Mesures a Grains Demi/Hectolitre Hectolitre'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

N/A