Standard, mass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/IMPERIAL/HUNDREDWEIGHT
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0156.007
- MANUFACTURER
- De Grave Short & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WEIGHT: BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 6.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 4.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DeGrave
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- AFTER 1949
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF WEIGHTS USED IN NEWFOUNDLAND PROBABLY ORDERED BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF CANADA WHEN IT WAS STILL A BRITISH COLONY AND UNDER ITS REGULATIONS. THESE WEIGHTS WERE NOT UNITS USED IN THE REST OF CANADA. - Function
-
USED WITH BALANCE, SERVING AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH MATERIAL TO BE WEIGHED IS MEASURED. WEIGHT IS PLACED IN ONE PAN AND OBJECT TO BE MEASURED IN OTHER WITH THE BALANCE EQUILIBRIUM GIVING THE WEIGHT. - Technical
-
THESE WEIGHTS WERE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE STANDARDS AND WERE DENOMINATIONS AFFIRMED BY BRITISH STATUTES OF 1855 & 1878. THE 56 LB WEIGHTDOWN TO THE 1 LB WEIGHT ARE ALL FRACTIONS OF THE HUNDREDWEIGHT UNIT OF 112 LB; THE OUNCE WEIGHTS ARE FRACTIONS OF THE LB; AND THE DRAM OF THE OUNCE (1 DM = 1/16 OZ). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSCRIBED ON THE SIDE OF WEIGHT: '[CROWN]/ G VI R 5323 1949/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INSCRIBED ON BOTTOM OF WEIGHT: '1949/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ INSCRIBED ON TOP: '1 LB.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WEIGHT: LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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De Grave Short & Co. Ltd., Standard, mass, 1949, Artifact no. 1997.0156, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0156.007/
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