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OBJECT TYPE: pendulum/imperial measure/ounce
DATE: 1890–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0704.001

MANUFACTURER: D.R.P. Ang
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: brass and iron scale; weight may be lead filled.

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.1 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Height: 27.6 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: DRP Ang
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used in late 20th- early early 21st c.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Used to weigh another item, possibly mail, in ounces.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "D.R.P. Ang." stamped into fixed vertical arm; "MADE IN/ GERMANY" stamped into reverse. Scale labelled "OZ." and divided in increments of one-quarter, labelled at intervals of 1 [oz.]. UHN catalogue no. "970.8.14" printed by hand in red ink on one side of stand.
Missing: Unknown: probably missing single pan.
Finish: Heavily soiled/tarnished brass and iron scale; weight may be lead filled.
Decoration: N/A

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D.R.P. Ang, Scale, circa 1890–1925, Artifact no. 2002.0704, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0704.001/

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