General Information

Serial #

37685

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE; GLASS WINDOWS; STAINLESS STEEL PAN; SYNTHETIC KNOBS

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

60.0 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

Mettler

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Zurich

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY THE 1960S AND 1970S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN THE MASS LAB IN OTTAWA

Function

USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF SMALL SUBSTANCES IN A LABORATORY SETTING. IT HAS A CAPACITY OF 1000 GRAMS WITH A SENSITIVITY OF 0.1 MILLIGRAMS.

Technical

SIMILAR IN CONSTRUCTION TO THE B5 BALANCE BUT WITH INCREASED CAPACITY TOGETHER WITH INCREASED SIZE OF WEIGHING COMPARTMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'CSA E. METTLER/ Zurich (Schweiz)/ Type B5C1000/ No. 37685/110 v 50-60 c 10 w/ Max. Load 1000g/ Made in Switzerland'/ PRINTED ON FRONT PANEL: 'GRAM-ATIC BALANCE/ Made in Switzerland by E. Mettler Zurich/ Distributed by/ FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/ Pittsburgh - New York - St. Louis - Washington - Chicago - Montreal - Toronto'/ DYNOTAPE ON FRONT: 'LB 12'/ STICKER ON FRONT 'INDUSTRY CANADA/ [BAR CODE]/ 971211'/ NUMBERS AROUND DIALS

Missing

BALANCE WEIGHTS; CLEANING CLOTH; DUST BRUSH; PLASTIC COVER; SPARE LAMP

Finish

MOTTLED GREEN ENAMEL ON CASE; BLACK KNOBS; BRUSHED METAL FRONT PANEL

Decoration

N/A