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Andries's mystery metal can.

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Tin can top Tin can side, lip of opening strip Tin can side Tin can side Tin can side Tin can side Tin can bottom

Data:

  • Closed metal can, around the side of which are printed some graphs: “Operation characteristics”, “Frequency distributions”
  • 100 small windows in the bottom, unfortunately fogged.
  • Filled with colored beads or tiny balls.
  • Paper labels in Dutch: “50×”, “100×”, “200×”, “aantal gekleurd in 0, 1, 2 of 3” (number colored in 0,1,2 or 3)
  • Aluminum shield glued on top, with Dutch text: “1% geel, 4% blauw, 6% rood, 89% wit” (1% yellow, 4% blue, 6% red, 89% white)
  • Handwritten: “60015”
  • Dimensions:
    Including rim:  diameter = 109 mm (4 5/16 inch), height = 102 mm (4 inch)
    Excluding rim: diameter = 106 mm (4 3/16 inch), height = 97 mm (3 13/16 inch)
  • Opening strip on the side.
  • Remnants of an opening key on top.
  • Gift from Simon van der Salm.

Questions:

  1. Who made this can?
  2. How was it used?