Standard Gallon volume measure, for the USA

Made:: 1840-1842 in United States

Brass Standard Gallon volume measure for the United States of

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Brass Standard Gallon volume measure for the United States of
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Brass Standard Gallon volume measure for the United States of America. Based on the adopted English Winchester standard for dry goods which was superseded in Britain by Imperial Measure in 1826. One of a set of measures presented by the Federal Government to the Standards Department of the British Board of Trade in 1842.

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Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: 1931-1031

Materials:: brass and complete

type:: winchester capacity measure (standards)

credit:: Board of Trade

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Standard Gallon volume measure, for the USA

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