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
More Information
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
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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
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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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