Standard set, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE
PRIMARY/IMPERIAL/BRASS
DATE
1874
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0087.001
MANUFACTURER
OERTLING, L.
MODEL
DOMINION OF CANADA/1874
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
2B
Part Number
1
Total Parts
10
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
MEASURE: BRASS; COVER: GLASS/ BOX: WOOD WITH BRASS HARDWARE AND TOP PLATE, FELT PADS

Dimensions

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

Length
71.4 cm
Width
58.4 cm
Height
33.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Metrology
Category
Volume
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
OERTLING
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
London

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
AFTER 1874
Canada
IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PURCHASED IT'S OWN STANDARDS & SET UP IT'S OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.
Function
PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY (IMPERIAL GALLON DOWN TO A HALF GILL) BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. THEY WERE USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH OFFICIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED.
Technical
THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 (WITH THE POUND FINALIZED IN 1855) WHICH CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND, & GALLON AND FRACTIONS THEREOF. THE GALLON WAS DEFINED AS 277 CUBIC INCHES OR THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY 10 LBS OF DISTILLED WATER AT A GIVEN TEMPERATURE.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
PLATE ON BOX LID: 'IMPERIAL MEASURE/ OF CAPACITY/ ONE BUSHEL/ NO 2 b/ L. OERTLING. LONDON'/ INCISED ON MEASURE: 'IMPERIAL STANDARD BUSHEL./ DOMINION OF CANADA./ AD 1874.'/ ON RIM: '[CROWN]/VR/ [portcullis]'
Missing
N/A
Finish
BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED WITH GREEN FELT/ MEASURE LACQUERED
Decoration
THREE CAST BANDS ENCIRCLING BODY OF EACH MEASURE.

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OERTLING, L., Standard set, capacity, 1874, Artifact no. 1997.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0087.001/

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