General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length

100.0 cm

Width

2.9 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Length

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canadian Metric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970'S +

Canada

MEASUREMENT TOOL PRODUCED FOR METRIC COMMISSION CANADA TO ASSIST CANADIANS IN LEARNING TO USE METRIC SYSTEM DURING CHANGE FROM IMPERIAL TO METRIC SYSTEMS IN 1970'S.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERIMINE LINEAR MEASUREMENT - LENGTH - OF SMALL DISTANCES. IT ALSO LISTS METRIC LENGTH MEASUREMENTS & ON BACK HAS IMPERIAL YARD IN INCHES BOTH OF WHICH SERVED TO ASSIST USER TO UNDERSTAND NATURE OF METRIC SYSTEM.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED METRIC SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS ON FRONT, & LETTERING READING "Metric/ Commission" & "Commission du/ systeme metrique"; "Canada/ metric" & "Canada/ metrique"/ RED LETTERING ON FRONT READING "1000 mm (millimetres millimetres) = 100 cm (centimetres centimetres) = 1 m (metre metre) 1000 m (metres metres) = 1 km (kilometre kilometre)"/ BLACK IMPERIAL SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS ON BACK/ HANDWRITEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN ON BACK IS "RIDER"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

UNFINISHED WITH RED & BLACK MARKINGS

Decoration

RED LOGO AT EACH END, ONE CONSISTING OF CANADA WORDMARK, OTHER OF STYLIZED MAPLE LEAF