Weight, spline
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2012.0003.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- whale; duck
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Whale-shaped grey lead weight mounted on wooden base lined with green felt; (possibly) brass disk visible in weight face, above pointed area of wood base.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.3 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- 5.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Naval architecture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used to secure a wooden straight edge in place to trace a spline curve. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident.
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- Whale-shaped grey lead weight mounted on wooden base lined with green felt; (possibly) brass disk visible in weight face, above pointed area of wood base.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Weight, spline, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2012.0003, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2012.0003.006/
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