Standard set, mass
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/AVOIRDUPOIS/KNOBS
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0162.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OERTLING, L.
- MODEL
- C
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 18
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BOX: WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE AND FELT PADDING/ WEIGHT: BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.5 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 27.5 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
- OERTLING
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- FROM 1912
- Canada
-
THE BRITISH AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS BECAME LEGAL IN CANADA IN 1872 WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED. INSPECTORS USED THIS BRITISH SET OF WEIGHTS IN EXAMINING COMMERCIAL WEIGHT STANDARDS. - Function
-
USED TO BALANCE QUANTITIES ON A SCALE TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF THE ITEM BEING WEIGHED. THIS SET WAS ONE OF THE STANDARDS USED BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION TO VERIFY COMMERICAL WEIGHTS IN CANADA. - Technical
-
THE AVOIRDUPOIS POUNDBECAME THE IMPERIAL STANDARD IN BRITAIN IN 1855. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BOX 1 (for .1-.2) READS: 'CANADA/ DEPARTMENTAL AVOIRDUPOIS STANDARDS/ "C "/ 1912/ L. Oertling, London [IN CURSIVE]'/ '50 lb & 30 lb'/ PLATE INSIDE BOX: 'L. OERTLING LONDON' 'WARRANTED/ HAND MADE/ FOUR LEVERS/ SAFETY LOCK'/ DYNOTAPE ON BOX: 'LB 31/ INCISED ON TOP .1 WEIGHT: ‘50 LB/ 'C'/ ON BODY -'[CROWN]/ G R/ 1912/ [PORTCULLIS]'.
- Missing
- TWEEZERS
- Finish
- WEIGHTS: LACQUERED BRASS/ BOX STAINED AND VARNISHED; WHITE FELT
- Decoration
- N/A
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OERTLING, L., Standard set, mass, 1912, Artifact no. 1997.0162, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0162.001/
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