Summary
Primary standard gallon for Victoria, 1864. The measure has two handles, a strike disc and is housed in a wooden box. It was originally used by the Customs Department as the Imperial standard measure for Victoria. Transferred to Melbourne Observatory in 1902 when the observatory took over responsibility for administering primary standards of weights and measures for Victoria.
Physical Description
Metal vessel the volume of which defines the standard gallon. Vessel has two handles with ivory insets at the base. The wooden box has a large hinged lid, a lock on the front, and has a hollowed section lined with blue velvet designed to fit the vessel.
More Information
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Collection Names
Melbourne Observatory Collection, Weights and Measures Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Office of Trade Measurement (formerly Weights & Measures Branch), Victoria: Local Government Department, 28 Sep 1994
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User
Victoria: Customs & Excise Department, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1864-1902
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User
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1902-1945
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Inscriptions
Measure stamped: ' PRIMARY STANDARD GALLON ', ' VICTORIA ', ' 1864 ', ' POTTER 1383 LONDON ' Lid of box marked: 'PRIMARY STANDARD GALLON, VICTORIA, 1864'
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Classification
Commerce & retailing, Weights & measures, Standard volume measures
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
35 cm (Length), 30 cm (Width), 27 cm (Height)
BOX
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Exhibition Collection Management
280 mm (Length), 194 mm (Width), 188 mm (Height)
dimensions of case: H=258mm W=304mm D=355mm
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Maximum dimensions
196 mm (Length), 280 mm (Width), 188 mm (Height), 74 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement From Conservation. Gallon measure.
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Box Dimensions
303 mm (Length), 354 mm (Width), 257 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. Box dimensions.
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Keywords
Standard Weights & Measures, Weights & Measures, Customs Houses, Taxes
