Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register for 1886.52 notes: 'Transferred from the Registry in 1885.'
Event Date 1885
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1886.52[.1-15]: 'A set of thirteen weights and two cubic measurements (reign of Queen Elizabeth)'.
Event Date 1886
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Gunther notes that the greater part of the objects included in his book were also included in the Loan Exhibition of Historic Apparatus in Cambridge, held in the East Room of the Old Schools in June 1936. It is therefore likely, but not certain, that this object was included in the exhibition.
Event Date 6/1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Gunther, R.T. (1937). Early Science in Cambridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 28, no. 17
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
R.T. Gunther (1937): 'Standard 7 lb bell weight, Avoirdupois. Mark[ed]: [crown] EL'.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
Sent on loan to the Science Museum on 16 March 1939.
Event Date 16/3/1939
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Standard Avoirdupois bell weight (7 lbs), marked with a crown and 'EL'.
Event Date 16/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)