Measure, map
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IMPERIAL-METRIC
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0315.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL/ METAL NEEDLE & PARTS/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.5 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY GAS PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MECHANICALLY MEASURE DISTANCES BETWEEN POINTS ON MAP BY TRACING LINE BETWEEN THEM. - Technical
-
SWISS MADE MAP MEASURING DEVICE USED BY GAS COMPANY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACKLETTERING ON FACE READING "Made in/ Switzerland", "Inches" & "Centimetres", WITH BLACK SCALE MARKINGS/ STAMPED SYMBOL WITH LETTERS "F" & "C"? & "DEPOSE"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- PLATED? CASING/ BLACK NEEDLE ON WHITE FACE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Measure, map, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1998.0315, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0315.001/
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