General Information

Serial #

54276 BB

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE - STEEL SIDES & DRAWERS AND OTHER METAL BASE AND DRAWER FRONT WITH GLASS FRONT WINDOW/ ALUMINUM BEAM AND FEET/ BRASS DRAWER KNOBS/ VARIOUS METAL WORKING PARTS/GLASS MAGNIFIER & LIGHT BULB/ SYNTHETIC LIGHT FILTER

Dimensions

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

Length

50.0 cm

Width

22.0 cm

Height

51.0 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

HEUSSER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Utah

City

Salt Lake City

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY 1960S TO THE 1980S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF A SENSITIVE BALANCE USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION

Function

USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF SMALL QUANTITIES IN A LABORATORY SETTING.

Technical

THIS BALANCE HAS A CAPACITY OF 1 GM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TWO IDENTICAL MFG. PLATES: 'HEUSSER [LOGO] SINCE 1906/ BALANCES/ SCALES/ Neweigh/ MODEL BB SERIAL No. 54276 BB/ HEUSSER INSTRUMENT COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - U.S.A.'/ SCRATCHED ON ONE PLATE: 'CAP: 1g'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK OF BEAM: '54 276'/ SCALE ON BEAM '0' TO '10' IN TWO DIRECTIONS - IN TENTHS/ SLIPS IN RIDER BOXES:'HALF MG/ HEUSSER BALANCES/ RIDERS' 'ONE MG/ HEUSSER BALANCES/ RIDERS'/ BOTH HAVE '3 PCS' HANDWRITTEN ON PAPER/ STICKER ON BACK: 'INDUSTRY CANADA/ [BAR CODE]/ 934416'/ STICKER ON GLASS: 'CAUTION/ Remove Door Completely/ For Setting Up/ READ INSTRUCTIONS-USE CARE/.../ THE HEUSSER INSTRUMENT MFG. CO./ Salt Lake City 15, Utah/ BALANCES FOR EVERY PURPOSE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

SIDES OF CASE PAINTED GLOSS BROWN/ BOTTOM OF CASE AND DRAWERS PAINTED GLOSS BLACK/ LACQUERED BRASS/ UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED ALUMINUM

Decoration

N/A