Summary
Alternative Name(s): Scales
Oertling scientific analytical balance, serial No.35227. Designed early 20th century, made for the firm H.B. Selby & Co., and used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited, Parkville, Victoria from around 1920.
The firm H.B. Selby & Co., of 443 Bourke Street, Melbourne and 8 O'Connell Street, Sydney, first appear with advertisements in Australian newspapers in 1917. The firm was prevoiusly known as H.B. Silberberg & Co., suggesting that the name change was promoted by anti-German sentiment in the communitty during World War I. H.B. Silberberg had spent 7 years on the Western Australian goldfields as a partner in the firm Train & Silberberg, before returning to Victoria in 1902 to take over a scientific instruments supply business previously run by his father.
Physical Description
Balance and box of weights housed in oblong-shaped wooden framed case with glass sides and glass top. Front panel slides vertically and can be removed. Balance comprises a vertical pillar with a complex system of horizontal arms at top forming a rocking beam. At ends of horizontal beam are hooks where scales can be hung. Brass adjustable legs.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 24 Mar 2004
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Manufacturer
L. Oertling Ltd, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1910s-1920s
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Importer
H.B. Selby & Co, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918-1930
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User
CSL Ltd (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories), 45 Poplar Road, Parkville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1920s-1950s
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Inscriptions
'COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, Plant No.5343' 'MADE SPECIALLY / FOR / H.B. SELBY & CO. / MELBOURNE & SYDNEY'
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Exhibition Collection Management
370 mm (Width), 310 mm (Depth), 485 mm (Height)
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Overall Dimensions
370 mm (Length), 310 mm (Width), 485 mm (Height), 10.72 kg (Weight)
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Keywords
Analytical Balances, Balances, Physical Apparatus & Instruments, Scales & Balances, Scientific Equipment, Standard Weights & Measures
