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
More Information
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
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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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