Standard set, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: PRIMARY/IMPERIAL/BRASS
DATE: 1874
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0160.001

MANUFACTURER: OERTLING, L.
MODEL: DOMINION OF CANADA/1874/A
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE AND FELT LINING; MEASURES - BRASS; SLICKS - GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 71.5 cm
Width: 41.3 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 8.0
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Volume
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: OERTLING
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AFTER 1874
Canada: IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PURCHASEDITS OWN STANDARDS AND SET UP ITS OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.
Function: USED AS A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY, BASED UPON A PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. THIS IS THE "A" STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.
Technical: THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 AND CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND, AND GALLON.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED ON ALL MEASURES: ON TOP OF RIM: '[CROWN]/ VR/ [PORTCULLIS]'/ ON BODY FRONT: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ AD.1874/ L.OERTLING LONDON.'/ INCISED ON BOTTOM RING: '1'/ INCISED ON.1 'IMPERIAL STANDARD GALLON';.2 'IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF GALLON';.3 'IMPERIAL STANDARD QUART';.4 'IMPERIAL STANDARD PINT';.5 'IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF PINT';.6 'IMPERIAL STANDARD GILL';.7 'IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF GILL'/ INCISED ON PLATE ON BOX LID: 'IMPERIAL MEASURES/ OF CAPACITY/ FROM ONE GALLON/ TO HALF GILL/ a/ No 1 L. OERTLING. LONDON'/ DYNOTAPE BELOW LID PLATE: 'LB 61'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED/ GREEN FELT/ LACQUERED BRASS
Decoration: CAST BANDS ENCIRCLING BODY/ ORNATE HANDLES

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OERTLING, L., Standard set, capacity, 1874, Artifact no. 1997.0160, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0160.001/

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