Barometer

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OBJECT TYPE
MERCURY/PATTERSON FIXED CISTERN/MB & IN
DATE
1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1966.0226.001
MANUFACTURER
DOT Air Services Branch
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
26-41
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL/ LEATHER CISTERN/ GLASS THERMOMETER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
N/A
Width
8.0 cm
Height
101.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Atmospheric pressure measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MSC
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
C. 1940
Canada
INSTRUMENT OF TYPE DESIGNED IN 1930'S BY DR. JOHN PATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF MSC 1928-1946, & USED EXTENSIVELY BY MSC UNTIL AT LEAST 1960'S. BY 1943 IT WAS STATION BAROMETER AT MAJORITY OF CANADIAN OBSERVING STATIONS & SEVERAL VERSIONS, INCLUDING MOUNTAIN & MARINEINSTRUMENTS, WERE PRODUCED BY MSC IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
Function
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY.
Technical
SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SIMPLICITY OF READING OF FIXED CISTERN BAROMETER & EASE OF TRANSPORT OF ADJUSTABLE CISTERN TYPE. INSTRUMENT HAS PLUNGER AT BASE THAT CAN BE RAISED TO FILL CISTERN & TUBE DURINGTRANSPORT; WHEN IN USED SCREW HOLDING PLUNGER IS REMOVED TO RELEASE LEATHER BAG* IS REPLACED BY PLUG. THIS INSTRUMENT SUCCEEDED KEW FIXED CISTERN BAROMETER AT CANADIAN OBSERVING STATIONS.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Incised black markings on scale and vernier for 87 to 110 MB. & 26 to 32 IN. & reading 'M.S.C./ 26-41'/ incised white 'FAHRENHEIT' on thermometer holder/ thermometer marked for 10 to 120 F.
Missing
GLASS MERCURY TUBE/ MERCURY From CA of 11/02/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes
Finish
GREEN HAMMERLINE PAINTED CASING & BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED THERMOMETER HOLDER (NOT ORIGINAL)/ PLATED METAL BASE AND PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL SCALE/ YELLOW BACKED CLEAR GLASS THERMOMETER.
Decoration
N/A

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DOT Air Services Branch, Barometer, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1966.0226, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0226.001/

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