General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN SUITCASE WITH FABRIC COVERING AND LINED WITH FOAM, WITH METAL HARDWARE AND LEATHER HANDLES/ .1 PYREX GLASS BEAKER

Dimensions

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

Length

57.0 cm

Width

46.0 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Volume

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VOLLRATH

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Sheboygan

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF AN INSPECTORS KIT FOR MEASURING CAPACITY FOR THE DEPT. OF CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS STANDARDS LABORATORY.

Function

USED TO PROVIDE A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY AT A TEMPERATURE OF TWENTY DEGREES CENTIGRADE AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES CAN BE VERIFIED.

Technical

GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS WERE REQUIRED TO TEST AND VERIFY COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TO MAINTAIN STRICT STANDARDS FOR COMMERCE. THIS PORTABLE KIT ALLOWED THEM TO TRAVEL THIER DISTRICT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON CASE: 'Consumer and/ Corporate Affairs/ NO. V55 VK38/ STANDARDS/ LABORATORY'/ LABEL ON SUITCASE: 'DISTRICT MANAGER/.../CONSUMER & CORP. AFFAIRS/.../WILLOWDALE ON'/ ON .1 BEAKER: 'V90 VK 38/ PYREX/ U.S.A./ No.3062/ A/ 4321/ TD 20 [DEGREE] C 1000/ ml/ [900 TO 100 BY HUNDREDS]'

Missing

SOME UNIDENTIFIED PIECES MISSING AS EMPTY SPACES ARE EVIDENT IN THE SUITCASE

Finish

BLACK SUITCASE WITH GREEN AND WHITE LINING/ UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

N/A