Summary
Box of five divided line scales on glass and silver from Melbourne Observatory.
Used to measure length.
Physical Description
1. 20 centimetres by 1 millimetre, silver strip on brass, marked "MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY, NO. 1 MILLIMETRE" 2. 18 centimtres by 1 millimetre, silver strip on brass, marked "MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY, NO. 2 MILLIMETRE". 3. 25 centimetres by 1 millimetre, silver strip on brass. 4. 18 centimetres by 1 millimetre, glass. 5. 25 centimetres by 1 millimetre, glass, marked "ENGRAVED FROM P. GAUTIER'S COPY OF INTERNATIONAL BUREAU STANDARD, SLIDE MICROMETER, MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY, 1892, W. P. WILKINSON".
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
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
39 cm (Length), 16 cm (Width), 5 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
780 mm (Length), 165 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
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