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OBJECT TYPE: folding/pocket/graduated/grains
DATE: 1885
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0926.002

MANUFACTURER: Randolph, N.V. & Co.
MODEL: Dr. C.H. Fitch
LOCATION: Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
AKA: scale arm
Patents: N/A
General Description: Nickel- plated (?) flat metal strip slides into pan housing; fitted with silver metal slide.

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 1.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Mass/weight
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Randolph
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Virginia
City: Richmond

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used after 1885.
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 measure mass of powdered substances, typically medicinal in nature.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Arm bears graduated scale O to 20 stamped on face: scale labelled "GRAINS", divided by half grains and labelled at intervals of 5. UHN catalogue no. "X969.55.15 A" printed by hand in black ink on reverse.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete
Finish: Nickel- plated (?) flat metal strip slides into pan housing; fitted with silver metal slide.
Decoration: N/A

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Randolph, N.V. & Co., Scale, after 1885, Artifact no. 2002.0926, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0926.002/

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