Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SEMI-MICRO/1 PAN/100GM/SUBSTITUTION WEIGHING
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0168.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Mettler, E.
- MODEL
- B6
- LOCATION
- Zurich, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 42981
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASE; GLASS WINDOWS; STAINLESS STEEL PAN; SYNTHETIC KNOBS & CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 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
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF PRECISION SCALE USED IN THE MASS LABORATORY OF THE STANDARDS DIVISION OF DEPT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF VERY SMALL SUBSTANCES IN A LABORATORY SETTING. IT HAS A CAPACITY OF 100 GRAMS WITH A SENSITIVITY OF.01 MILLIGRAMS - Technical
-
THE BALANCE UTILISES THE CONSTANT LOAD OR SUBSTITUTION METHOD OF WEIGHING IN WHICH WEIGHTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BALABCE & ARE ADDED &SUBTRACTED AS NECESSARY, BY MEANS OF CONTROLS. REMOVING WEIGHTS RATHER THAN ADDING THEM TO COMPARE MASS REDUCES WEAR & STRESS ON PARTS, ESPECIALLY PIVOTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE ON BACK: 'CSA Mettler [LOGO]/ Type B6/ No. 42981/ Max. Load 100g/ 110v 60c 10w/ SWISS MADE'/ PRINTED ON FRONT PANEL: 'GRAM-ATIC BALANCE/ Made in Switzerland by E. METTLER Zurich/ Distribted by / FISHER SCIENTFIC COMPANY/ Pittsburgh. New York. St. Louis. Washington. Chiago. Montreal. Toronto'/ STICKERS ON FRONT: 'INDUSTRY CANADA/ [BAR CODE]/ 971213''Distributed and Serviced by/ FISHER SCIENTIFIC'/ STICKER INSIDE PAN CHAMBER, IN FOUR LANGUAGES: 'Weights are adjusted at air-density of 1200 mg/1/ to an apparent mass with density of 8.4 g/ cm'/ DYNOTAPE: 'LB 284'
- Missing
- BALANCE WEIGHTS; COVER; CHAMOIS CLOTH; CAMEL'S HAIR BRUSH; SPARE LAMP [REF 1]
- Finish
- GREEN MOTTLED BAKED ENAMEL CASE/ BLACK KNOBS/ BRUSHED METAL PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Mettler, E., Balance, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1997.0168, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0168.001/
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