Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM/ANALYTICAL/ASSAY
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0135.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OERTLING, L.
- MODEL
- PYX
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH GLASS WINDOWS AND METAL HARDWARE/ BRASS FEET, KNOBS, PILLARS, ARRESTMENT MECHANISM, SUPPORT BARS/ "FRENCH IVORY" DOOR PULLS, TOP OF ARRESTMENT MECHANISM RESTS, AND SCALE/ FELT PADDING UNDER GLASS FLOOR/ AGATE END KNIVES & PLANES/ VELVET PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 53.0 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
- OERTLING
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1960S.
- Canada
-
USED WITH WEIGHTS 970094 TO 970096 BY THE COMMISSONERS OF THE ANNUAL "TRIAL OF THE PYX" AT THE CANADIAN MINT TO ANALYSE THE SILVER CONTENT OF A SAMPLE OF SILVER DOLLARS, MADE AT THE MINT, TO DETERMINE THAT A MINUMUM WEIGHT OF SILVER IS MAINTAINED. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE MASS OF QUANTITIES TO A VERY PRECISE AND ACCURATE LEVEL. - Technical
-
USED WITH ASSAY WEIGHTS TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF PRECIOUS METALS. THIS ONE WAS TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE "TRIALOF THE PYX" - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON PILLAR BASE: 'L. Oertling/ London [IN CURSIVE]'/ SCALE '10' TO '0' TO '10'/ ETCHED ON UNATTACHED PLAQUE: 'TRIAL OF THE PYX'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOXES: 'PANS' 'SUSPENSERIES/ HANDLE WITH CARE'/ STICKER ON BACK: 'INDUSTRY CANADA/ [BAR CODE]/ 971082'
- Missing
- BEAM/ POINTER/ STIRRUPS FOR PANS
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ UNCOLOURED GLASS/ GREEN FELT/ LACQUERED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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OERTLING, L., Balance, before 1915, Artifact no. 1997.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0135.001/
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