Summary
Standard troy weights, platinum, 10 pennyweights to 1 grain. Weights on velvet in wooden box, with ivory tweezers. Weights comprise: 10, 5, 3, 2, 1 pennyweight (4 pennyweight missing); 12, 6, 3, 2, 1 grains (one grain weight missing).
Used at Melbourne Observatory as a secondary standard for Victoria..
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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
S. W. Maquay, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Place Used
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Inscriptions
Front of box carved '-98-' [inventory number]. Label on top of box marked 'S. S. Standard Weights'. Top of box carved 'SS'. Plate in box marked 'S.W. Maquay, Maker, Melbourne'.
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Overall Dimensions
23 cm (Length), 16 cm (Width), 10 cm (Height)
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