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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENDULUM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Avery, W.T. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 748/281
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- Base
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood base with brass balancing screws & scale parts, and rubber (possible) foot
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.0 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 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
- Avery
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of the collection of Mr. Josef Elsener. He was Swiss born & trained as an armourer, emigrated to Canada in 1952 & became a businessman. His collection of more than 1000 pieces was focused on finely made apparatus including machine tools, surveying equipment, medical apparatus & some electrical test & radio equipment. - Function
-
Instrument used to measure mass of substances, of type commonly used in pharmacies. - Technical
-
Example of semi-portable scale which can be disassembled & parts stored in drawer. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate reading: "SUPPLIED BY/ W.&.T. AVERY LTD. TORONTO, MONTREAL/ TO WEIGH 1000 GRAMMES/ 748/281/ 20%=20 GRAMMES/ MADE IN ENGLAND"; Stamp on plate reads "GR/H" & "5 M"
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- Dark brown stained wood with a clear finish, brass-coloured metal screws and scale parts, and black rear foot.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Avery, W.T. Ltd., Scale, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0200.001/
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