General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal; adhesive.

Dimensions

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

Length

35.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

15.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cave

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Vancouver

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

Used during the second half of the 20th century.

Canada

This artifact was used at the Imperial Oil geophysics laboratory. It was made in Canada. The finish of the scale would indicate that it was manufactured during the 1940s, but the use of metrics dates it to after the year 1972. It is possible that the scale was made before the 1970s for the US market, and therefore used the metric system.

Function

This scale was used to measure the weight of a sample.

Technical

This artifact was used to measure the weight of mineral samples at a geophysics laboratory. Its US patents are as follows: 1756292 dated April 29, 1930; 1872465 April 16, 1932.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Lettering on metal logo on front reads: “CAVE/CAVE AND COMPANY LTD/VANCOUVER CANADA”; lettering on front beam reads: “0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GRAMS”; lettering on middle beam reads: “0 100 200 300 400 500/GRAMS”; lettering on back beam reads: “0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 GRAMS/PAT. NOS. 1,756,292 1,872,465/STAINLESS”; lettering on sticker on top reads: “TO PREVENT WEAR/MOVE THE HEAVY WEIGHT OUT OF THE SLO[…] WHEN […]SE”.

Missing

The artifact appears complete.

Finish

Predominantly black; silver coloured metal hardware with black lettering; red and gold coloured metal logo.

Decoration

No decoration.