Standard weights - Imperial, 0.01 grains to 1 pound, Troughton & Simms, circa 1865

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Item ST 42518 Standard Weights - Imperial, 0.01 Grains to 1 Pound, Gilt Brass & Platinum, Troughton & Simms, London, England, circa 1865

Summary

Set of standard grain weights, gilt brass and platinum wire weights in wooden box. Made by Troughton & Simms, London, circa 1865.

Used at Melbourne Observatory.

Physical Description

Gilt brass weights: 1 pound (no. 1373), 2800, 2100, 1400, 1000, 700, 400, 300, 200, 100 grains, each in brass cell. Platinum wire weights: 40, 30, 20, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.04, 0.03, 0.02, 0.01 grains. 4 ivory lifters and more recent plastic forceps. Extra platinum wire weights in glass tube: 0.04, 0.03, 0.02, 0.01 grains.

More Information

Collection Names

Melbourne Observatory Collection, Weights and Measures Collection
Collecting Areas

Science & Measurement, Working Life & Trades
Acquisition Information

Transfer from Office of Trade Measurement (formerly Weights & Measures Branch), Victoria: Local Government Department, 28 Sep 1994
Maker

Troughton & Simms, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, circa 1865
User

Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1865
Inscriptions

Inset panel on lid marked 'Standard Weights, English, Troughton & Simms, London, 619-2'. Box and small box containing platinum wire weights both stamped 'MCN 4439'. Paper label on lid with handwritten list of contents.
Classification

Commerce & retailing, Weights & measures, Standard weights
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Technology
Type of item

Object
Overall Dimensions

33 cm (Length), 19 cm (Width), 9 cm (Height)
Exhibition Collection Management

230 mm (Length), 325 mm (Width), 245 mm (Height)
Keywords

Standard Weights & Measures, Weights