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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIMARY/YARD/BAILY'S METAL
- DATE
- 1845
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0073.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Troughton & Simms
- MODEL
- 12
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAR: BRONZE ALLOY - COPPER, TIN & ZINC/ BOX: WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE/ INNER BOX: WOOD; FELT LINING WITH HORSEHAIR STUFFING; COTTON LIFTING TABS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 104.7 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 8.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Troughton Simms
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1874-1960
- Canada
-
AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD IMPERIAL YARD THAT COULD BE USED AS A REFERENCE AGAINST WHICH MEASUREMENTS FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE COULD BE CHECKED ('A' & 'B' BARS WERE THE PRIMARY STANDARDS). BAR NO. 1 WAS KEPT IN BRITAIN AS THE OFFICIAL STANDARD FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE [REF 1]. - Function
-
USED AS A STANDARD YARD MEASURE REFERENCE FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. - Technical
-
THIS BAR IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 70 BARS USED IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS BY THE BRITISH COMMITTEE FORMED IN 1838 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW STANDARD YARD. THEYWERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH EACH BAR BEING STAMPED WITH THE TEMP. AT WHICH IT WAS ONE YARD IN LENGTH [REF. 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSCISED ON TOP OF BAR: 'Copper 16 oz./ Tin 2 1/2/ Zinc 1/ Mr. Baily's Metal No. 12 STANDARD YARD at 61.80 [degrees] Fah.t Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.'/ STAMPED ON PLUG: '44'/ INCISED ON PLATE AFFIXED TO FRONT OF BOX: 'STANDARD YARD NO. 12/ CAST IN 1845'/ PLATE ON TOP OF BOX: 'I.B. 401'/ PAPER LABEL ON BACK OF BOX READS: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ NE PAS DECOLLER/ Holding Unit-Deteneur/ 205D/ E.D.R.-R.D./ 63332/ CCA 1512 (4-88)'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ GREEN FELT LINING/ BRASS ROD LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Troughton & Simms, Standard, length, 1845, Artifact no. 1997.0073, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0073.001/
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