General Information

Serial #

31086

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 BRASS; STEEL; IVORY/.2 STEEL/.3 &.4 BRASS/.5 GLASS CASE WITH WOODEN FRAME AND BACK; METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

102.0 cm

Width

57.0 cm

Height

138.0 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

OERTLING

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES

Canada

EXAMPLE OF BALANCE USED IN CANADA BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION OF THE DEPT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. IT WAS ONE OF THE COLLECTION OF WEIGHTS & BALANCES USED IN THE "TRIAL OF THE PYX".

Function

USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF QUANTITIES UP TO 1000 TROY OUNCES.

Technical

THE ACCURACY OF THIS BALANCE WAS COMPARABLE TO THE ELECTRONIC PRECISION MASS COMPARATOR, EXCEPT THAT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRODUCED RESULTS MUCH FASTER. DEVICES OF THIS TYPE CAN ACTUALLYPRODUCE GREATER ACCURACY THAN THEIR ELECTRONIC COUNTERPARTS IF ONE HAS THE PATIENCE & IMPROVES THE OPTICS ON THE INDICATOR. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ENGRAVED ON CROSS BEAM: 'L. Oertling London/ 1912 [GATE SYMBOL]'/ ENGRAVED ON SUPPORT: 'C/ 1000/ oz/ 1/ L. OERTLING LONDON'/ ENGRAVED ON BACK: '31086'/ PLATE ON BASE: 'LABORATORY BALANCE/ OERTLING 1000-OZ TROY/ LB-11'/ ENGRAVED ON HOLDERS: 'L/ 1' 'R/ 1'/.2 NO MARKINGS/.3 &.4 ENGRAVED ON TOP OF PAN: '1912/ [GATE SYMBOL]'/.5 no markings

Missing

none apparent

Finish

.1 BRASS CROSS BARS LACQUERED; SUPPORT BEAMS PAINTED GLOSS BLACK/.2 GLOSS BLACK PAINT EXCEPT TOP WHICH IS POLISHED/.3 &.4 LACQUERED

Decoration

N/A