Object Details
- United States Office of Weights and Measures
- Description
- After the 1866 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 one liter. A mark on the front reads: U.S. (/) LITRE (/) No.46.
- The U.S. National Bureau of Standards, the successor of the Office of Weights and Measures, transferred this standard to the Smithsonian.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards
- ca 1870
- ID Number
- CH.309585
- catalog number
- 309585
- accession number
- 103830
- Object Name
- volumetric measure
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/16 in x 4 1/2 in; 17.93875 cm x 11.43 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_1704
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-10e7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
