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OBJECT TYPE: TROY OUNCES/GAS PRESSURE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0265.006

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 30 Troy Ounces
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 12
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.11 NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?)

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 7.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 5.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY MEASUREMENT STANDARDS DEPT. OF CANADIAN GOV'T. BRITISH TROY WEIGHT SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN 18TH C. IT WAS ONE OF WEIGHTS USED AS LEGAL STANDARD IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA MADE BRITISH IMPERIAL YARD, GALLON & POUND *
Function: USED TO MEASURE PRESSURE IN GAS LINE (RCB FEB. 2003).
Technical: BRITISH TROY POUND WAS IN USE FROM LATE 14TH C. BUT WAS REPLACED BY AVOIRDUPOIS POUND AS IMPERIAL STANDARD IN 1855. IT IS STILL USED FOR PRECIOUS STONES & METALS. ONE TROY POUND=373.2 GRAMS, 13 IMPERIAL OZ.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING READING. "30 TROY OUNCES"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1-.11 GOLD COLOURED & COATED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Weight, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0265, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0265.006/

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