Box, candling
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EGG/KEROSENE LAMP
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0292.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDBOARD.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 13.8 cm
- Height
- 31.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Poultry equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS CANDLING BOX PREPARED FOR USE C. 1916 +
- Canada
-
EARLY EXAMPLE OF DOMINION GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST CONSUMERS AND/OR RETAILERS TO GRADE FOOD PRODUCTS. SUGGESTED FOR USE BY SHOPKEEPERS AND HOUSEWIVES TO PREVENT " MANY UNPLEASANT OCCURANCES AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE." (REF. 1) - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE FRESHNESS AND QUALITY OF WHOLE EGGS. - Technical
-
EGG QUALITY DETERMINED BY 4 MAIN FACTORS: SIZE OF AIR CELL, CONSISTENCY OF ALBUMEN, COLOUR & MOBILITY OF YOLK, AND GENERAL TRANSPARENCY OF WHOLE EGG. VARIOUS DEVICES WERE DEVELOPED TODETECT "BAD EGGS" BUT EXAMINATION BEFORE A LIGHT, AS IN CANDLING, REMAINED THE MEANS OF FINE GRADING EGGS. (REF.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following text appears on box panel: " Ministere Federal de l'Agriculture./ Division de l'Industrie Animale - Service de l"Aviculture./ [illustration]/ MIREUSE D'OEUFS POUR LAMPE ORDINAIRE./ Instructions pour le montage et l'emploi de cette mireuse./ On peut se servir de cet appareil avec n'importe quelle/ lampe de maison. Dans cette gravure, l'appareil recouvre/ completement la lampe (une lampe a crochet ordinaire.) Parfois, il peut etre plus commode d'employer la feuille de carton separee, de l'appliquer horizontalement sur le bol de la lampe et de placer la boite par-dessus, en laissant le verre/ de lampe passer par le trou du couvercle./ Chose importante:/ le trou du devant doit se trouver en ligne avec la flamme./ [window opening]/ Pour mirer, tenez l'oeuf le gros bout en haut. Mettez/ l'oeuf près de la lumière, de la manière indiquèe dans la/ gravure et tournez le lentement sur lui-même./ Un oeuf frais pondu doit paraître très clair, à l'exception/ du centre où se trouve le jaune, et qui paraît un peu nuageux;/ on reconnaît que l'oeuf n'est pas frais à la dimension de la/ chambre d'air. Un oeuf gâté paraît très sombre et très/ opaque lorsqu'on le passe devant la lumière. (Voir circu-/ laire No. 3. "Le mirage des oeufs")./ On peut obtenir cet appareil gratuitement en s'adres-/ sant au commissaire de l'industrie animale, Ottawa. "
- Missing
- NONE. THIS STYLE OF BOX DESIGNED FOR USE WITH KEROSENE LAMP.
- Finish
- PLAIN BROWN CARDBOARD EXTERIOR HAS BLACK TEXT & ILLUSTRATIONS; INTERIOR & OPENNING BEFORE WHICH EGG IS HELD ARE COLOURED BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, candling, circa 1916, Artifact no. 1997.0292, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0292.001/
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