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
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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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User
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1865
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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.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
33 cm (Length), 19 cm (Width), 9 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
230 mm (Length), 325 mm (Width), 245 mm (Height)
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