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- OBJECT TYPE
- Spring balance/40 lb.
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2011.0052.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Chatillon
- MODEL
- Improved/Family
- LOCATION
- New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6403
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.5 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chatillon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- 1905 - 1950?
- Canada
-
This collection documents the work & activities of several generations of the Banta family (involved in homesteading, ranching & farming) from rural southern Alberta, from the late 19th century to the 1980's. This scale belonged to Jim Banta and was handed down to his son Gordon Banta. - Function
-
General purpose farm & household weighing; this type of scale was commonly used in dairy application. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stamped lettering on face reads: "6403/CHANTILLONS/IMPROVED/SPRING BALANCE/NEW-YORK/FAMILY SCALE"; graduated numbering in increments of 4 from 0 to 40.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Front face brass coloured; back housing painted black; silver-grey hook, needle & ring.
- Decoration
- None.
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Chatillon, Scale, before 1920, Artifact no. 2011.0052, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0052.001/
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