General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

19

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ VELVET LINING/ BRASS AND GLASS WEIGHTS/ BRASS FORCEPS/ GLASS COVER/ FRENCH IVORY COVER AND DIVIDER

Dimensions

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

Length

11.7 cm

Width

9.2 cm

Height

3.6 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

PARKER

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE 20C UP TO THE 1970S

Canada

USED BY THE STANDARDS LABORATORY IN CANADA

Function

USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT.

Technical

THOMAS PARKER INVENTED THE "INCH WEIGHT" BASED ON THE "CUBIC FOOT STANDARD WEIGHT" DEVELOPED IN 1814. [REF 1]/ ONE "UNIT" = 250 GRAINS = 1 CUBIC INCH OF WATER AT 122 [DEGREES] F./ 1/1000 UNIT = 1/4 GRAIN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WEIGHT: STAMPED: '4 UNITS 1000 GRS'/ BOX: PLATES ON box TOP: 'Consumer and/ Corporate Affairs/ NO. ML 167/ STANDARDS/ LABORATORY/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'/ '[?]GHTS/ [?]ON THE/ INCH LENGTH./ UNIT=250 GRAINS=1CUBIC/ INCH OF WATER AT 122[DEGREES] FAH./ 1/1000 UNIT=1/4 GRAIN./ THOMAS PARKER'/ INSIDE: 'INCH/ WEIGHT/ -1000 1/4 GRS./ '4' '2' '100' '300' '600' '40Q' '10Q' '4Q' '1Q' 'UNIT 1/4 GR'/ LABEL ON TOP: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ Holding unit/ 205D/ E.D.R./ 63274 [ALSO IN FRENCH]'

Missing

BOX: BOTTOM PANEL LOOSE

Finish

BRASS WEIGHT LACQUERED/ WOODEN BOX: STAINED AND VARNISHED; BLACK LINING

Decoration

N/A