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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0200.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Avery, W.T. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- Balance bar
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal balance bar
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.6 cm
- 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
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Example of semi-portable scale which can be disassembled & parts stored in drawer. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised in the proper front face of the beam: "No 748/281/ GR/H"/ Incised numbers along arm from "2" TO "18%" with markings for 1 to 20
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Grey metal arm with a silver-coloured metal weight at one end.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Avery, W.T. Ltd., Beam, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0200.004/
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