General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 GLASS TUBE WITH PAPER? SCALE/.2 PLASTIC/.3 PLASTIC

Dimensions

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

Length

24.1 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

1.9 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Specific gravity/density

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM ESTATE OF MR. E. EDWARD JONES, F.I. MECH. E.C. ENG., P. ENG. (1908-1994), BRITISH BORN & EDUCATED ENGINEER. AFTER COMING TO CANADA IN 1950'S, HE WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ORENDA IROQUOIS GAS TURBINE, & LATER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OF ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS, IN THIS CASE ALCOHOL CONTENT OF BEER BY VOLUME & SUGAR IN LBS & OZS PER GALLON.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON ONE SIDE OF SCALE READS "TO FIND ALCOHOL CONTENT: FIRST TAKE READING BEFORE/FERMENTATION STARTS, AND NOTE, TAKE READING WHEN/ FERMENT IS FINISHED. SUBTRACT IT FROM FIRST/ READING/ 17%,LAST.2%=17-2%=15%"; SCALE MARKED "ALCOHOL/ BY VOLUME" & "BOTTLE BEER/ BETWEEN/ RED LINE/ Br 1.000" WITH SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 25%/.1 BLACK LETTERING ON OTHER SIDE OF SCALE READS "TAKE SUGAR READING BEFORE ADDING SUGAR. SUBTRACT/ AMOUNT SHOWN FROM AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR FINAL/ STRENGTH DESIRED, EXAMPLE: AMOUNT SHOWN 9 OZS/ AMOUNT REQUIRED - 3 LB.= 3 LB-9 OZ=2 LB 7 OZ TO ADD"; SCALE MARKED "SUGAR SCALE/ IN/ LBS & OZS" & "PER/ GALLON" WITH SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 4

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH BLACKENED END, WHITE SCALE/.2 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE WITH WHITE END CAPS/.3 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT, NOW YELLOWED

Decoration

N/A