Meter, specific gravity

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OBJECT TYPE: SIMMANCE'S PATENT
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0278.001

MANUFACTURER: WRIGHT, ALEXANDER & CO. LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CASE WITH TWO DOORS, ONE GLASS/ COPPER, BRASS AND OTHER METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Height: 186.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wright
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1920S
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF DEVICES USED AT THE STANDARDS BRANCH IN OTTAWA
Function: USED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF NATURAL GAS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON OUTSIDE OF BOTTOM DOOR: 'ALEXANDER WRIGHT & CO. LD./ ENGINEERS,/ WESTMINSTER'/ PLATE INSIDE TOP SUPPORT BEAM/ 'SIMMANCE'S/ PATENT'
Missing: DISASSEMBLED, THEREFORE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT IN MISSING From CA of 02/25/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Undetermined - unknown/unlikely
Finish: BASE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK, REST OF WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED; SOME METAL PARTS PAINTED GLOSS BLACK AND OTHER PARTS LACQUERED
Decoration: MOLDING AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM OF CASE; SHAPED WOOD ALONG FRONT SIDES

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WRIGHT, ALEXANDER & CO. LTD., Meter, specific gravity, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1997.0278, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0278.001/

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