Summary
Standard one third pint, brass. Used at Melbourne Observatory as part of its responsibility for administering weights and measures for Victoria. Subsequently used by the Weights and Measures Branch when the Observatory closed in 1944.
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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
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by 1945
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User
Victoria: Weights & Measures Branch, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1945 or later
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Inscriptions
Stamped: ' 1/3 PINT S51 [1 is stamped over 0] / VIC '
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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
8.3 cm (Height), 7.5 cm (Outside Diameter)
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Maximum dimensions
74 mm (Length), 74 mm (Width), 83 mm (Height), 74 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement From Conservation.
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