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Standard one-sixteenth Gallon volume measure, for the USA

Made:
1840-1842 in United States
Brass Standard one sixteenth Gallon volume measure [half-pint]

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Brass Standard one sixteenth Gallon volume measure [half-pint]
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Brass Standard one sixteenth Gallon volume measure [half-pint] 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 Based on the adopted English Winchester standard for dry goods which was superseded in Britain by Imperial Measure in 1826.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.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1931-1035
Materials:
brass and complete
type:
winchester capacity measure (standards)
credit:
Board of Trade

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