Object Details
- United States Office of Weights and Measures
- Description
- After the1866 legalization of metric units of measure in the United States, the Office of Weights and Measures prepared standard metric weights and measures for distribution to the states. This brass cylinder holds ten liters or one decaliter. The stamp on the front reads: U.S. (/)DECALITRE (/) No.35. It was transferred to the Smithsonian by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, the successor of the Office of Weights and Measures.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards
- ca 1870
- ID Number
- CH.309584
- catalog number
- 309584
- accession number
- 103830
- Object Name
- volumetric measure, u.s. standard metric decalitre
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 5/8 in x 13 in x 10 11/16 in; 24.4475 cm x 33.02 cm x 27.1145 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Metric System
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1703
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e739-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
