Standard, length
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIMARY/METRE/NICKLE-STEEL
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0150.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Société Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique
- MODEL
- 133
- LOCATION
- Geneva, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ RULE: NICKLE AND STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 106.3 cm
- Width
- 9.4 cm
- Height
- 5.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Genevoise
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Geneva
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED FROM 1913 UP TO THE 1080S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF STANDARD LENGTH MEASURE PURCHASED ORIGINALLY BY THE CANADIAN GEODETIC SURVEY AS A SECONDARY STANDARD FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES. - Function
-
USED AS A METRE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC LENGTHS CAN BE CHECKED. - Technical
-
METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM, WAS INTRODUCED IN FRANCE AROUND 1795. IT REPLACED A LARGE NUMBER OF EXISTING MEASURES, MANY WITH REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN SIZE. IN1875 THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON OUTSIDE OF LID OF BOX: '10241'/ HANDWRITTEN ON INSIDE OF LID: 'STOCK NO 1201'/ ENGRAVED ON RULE TOP EDGE: 'S.I.P. GENEVE'/ ON UNDER SIDE: '133 ACIER NICKEL 43 % COULEE 1186 NPL [LOGO] 10241/ R'/ ON NEUTRAL PLANE: GRADUATED IN MILLIMETRES FROM '0' TO '100'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED/ RULE POLISHED AND LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Société Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, Standard, length, 1913, Artifact no. 1997.0150, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0150.001/
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