General Information

Serial #

CB-7072

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 LEATHER COVERED CASE WITH METAL TRIM & HARDWARE, LEATHER HANDLE; NON-FERROUS METAL BALANCE BASE/.2-.6 NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

29.5 cm

Height

14.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canada Balance

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Islington

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

ONE OF PORTABLE SCALES USED BY INSPECTORS OF STANDARDS DIVISION OF CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE MASS (WEIGHT) OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS, IN THIS CASE TO VERIFY ACCURACY OF WEIGHTS & OTHER BALANCES.

Technical

BALANCE WAS DESIGNED TO BE EASILY ASSEMBLED, DISASSEMBLED & TRANSPORTED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE INSPECTIONS BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND/OR BALANCES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON BALANCE BASE READING "CANADA BALANCE/ ISLINGTON, Ont."; PLATE ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "[CANADIAN COAT OF ARMS]/ STANDARDS BRANCH/ DEPT. OF TRADE & COMMERCE/ NO. 78"; WHITE PAINTED LETTERING ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "78" & "4?161"/.4 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "CB-7-72"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACKLEATHER COVERING WITH GLOSSY BLACK METAL TRIM; BROWN & COPPER COLOURED BASE, COATED/.2-.3 BROWN & COPPER COLOURED, COATED/.4 BROWN & COPPER COLOURED, COATED; PLATED SCALE HOLDER; BLACK SCALE/.5-.6 GOLD COLOURED

Decoration

N/A