U.S. Standard Decalitre (Ten Liters, a Metric Volumetric Measure)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
name: label: maker
content: United States Office of Weights and Measures
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Metric System
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.309584
label: catalog number
content: 309584
label: accession number
content: 103830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: volumetric measure, u.s. standard metric decalitre
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 13 in x 10 11/16 in; 24.4475 cm x 33.02 cm x 27.1145 cm