Pan, balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0467.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
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- Length
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- Width
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- Height
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- Thickness
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- Weight
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- Diameter
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- Volume
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Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES
- Canada
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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
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USED TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF QUANTITIES UP TO 1000 TROY OUNCES. - Technical
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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
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Unknown
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- Markings
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- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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