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- OBJECT TYPE
- TERTIARY/IMPERIAL YARD/FOLDING
- DATE
- 1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0070.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OERTLING, L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.0 cm
- Width
- 3.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- OERTLING
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AFTER 1872 WHEN FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT PASSED.
- Canada
-
IN 1872, THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S ONLY LEGAL STANDARD. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF STANDARD RULES USED BY INSPECTORS OF THE DEPT. OF INDUSTRY & ITS PREDECESSORS TO VERIFY THE CORRECTNESS OF COMMERCIAL MEASURES. - Function
-
USED AS THE STANDARD OF LENGTH AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF PRECISE RULES MADE TO BE USED TO CHECK THAT STANDARDS ESTABLISHED WERE MAINTAINED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON ONE ARM: 'L. Oertling. London.'/ INCISED GRADUATED SCALE FROM '1' TO '35' MARKED IN TENTHS/.1 STAMPEDON END: '29K'/.2 STAMPED ON END: '94K'
- Missing
- LACQUER IS WORN OFF. .1 HAS NUMEROUS DENTS
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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OERTLING, L., Standard, length, after 1872, Artifact no. 1997.0070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0070.001/
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