Summary
Set of standard metric weights, gilt brass and platinum wire in wooden box. Made by Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1865.
Used at Melbourne Observatory.
Physical Description
Weights comprise brass weights: 1 kilogram, 400, 300, 200, 100, 40, 30, 20, 10 grams each in brass cell. Platinum wire weights in small inner box: 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.04, 0.03, 0.02, 0.01 grams, and 0.1 rider. 5 ivory lifters and 2 forceps.
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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Maker
Troughton & Simms, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, circa 1865
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Place & Date Used
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1865
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Inscriptions
On lid, brass plate stamped: ' 619-2 / STANDARD WEIGHTS / FRENCH / Troughton & Simms / London ' On lid, paper label, handwritten: ' 1kg, 400, 300, 200, 100, 40, 30, 20, 10 gms / in separate brass containers / 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.4, 0.3, .2, 0.1, / .04, .03, .02, .01 gm and Rider 0.1gm / platinum in separate case. / 5 lifters 2 forceps / Brass gilt. ' On containers: ' Top / 1 / Kilogramme ', ' Top / 400 / Gramms ', ' Top/ 300 / Gramms ', ' Top / 200 / Gramms ', ' Top / 100 / Gramms ', ' Top / 40 / Gramms ', ' Top / 30 / Gramms ', ' Top / 20 / Gramms ', ' Top / 10 / Grammes ' Box stamped: ' NSL A 50 MCN 4439, 8529 ' [certificate numbers relating to national standards laboratory testing] Each lifter has handwritten ink marks indicating for which weight it is used.
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
35 cm (Length), 19 cm (Width), 12 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
230 mm (Length), 345 mm (Width), 270 mm (Height)
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