General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN BOX WITHMETAL HARDWARE AND FELT PADDING/ ALUMINUM AND STEEL SCALE/ LEATHER HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

47.0 cm

Width

18.5 cm

Height

25.0 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

Gurley

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Troy

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE PORTABLE SCALES USED BY INSPECTORS OF THE STANDARDS DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Function

USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF SMALL QUANTITIES. NOT FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS.

Technical

THIS BALANCE WAS DESIGNED TO BE EASILY ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED AND TRANSPORTED FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ENGRAVED IN POINTER: 'W.& L.E. GURLEY/ TROY, N.Y. U.S.A.'/ SCALE MARKED FROM '0' TO '1.00 OZ.'/ PLATE ON TOP: '[COAT OF ARMS OF CANADA]/ STANDARDS BRANCH/ DEPT. OF TRADE & COMMERCE/ NO. G8'/ HANDWRITTEN TWICE ON BOX: 'M32-G8' AND 'W32-6'/ LABEL AFFIXED INSIDE LID: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ NE PAS DECOLLER/ Holding unit- Deteneur/ W&M/ E.D.R.-R.D./ 39282'/.3 ON PAN: 'L'/.4 ON PAN: 'R'

Missing

N/A

Finish

WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ GREEN AND WHITE FELT/ UNFINISHED ALUMINUM/ BROWN LEATHER HANDLE

Decoration

N/A