Recorder, rain gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0227.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- B/D
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 76-53
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE/ HINGED SYNTHETIC COVER/ METAL MECHANISM,DRUM AND CLOCK, PARTS/ RUBBER FEET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.6 cm
- Width
- 21.2 cm
- Height
- 19.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVATORIES, A LATER EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S FOR USE AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THE LATTER HAVE 1 PEN MECHANISM AS OPPOSED TO 3 ON THE ANEMOGRAPH. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS ON A PAPER CHART MEASUREMENTS OF AMOUNTS OFRAINFALL MADE BY A SEPARATE RAIN GAUGE. - Technical
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AN EXAMPLE OF A LATER VERSION OF THE M.S.C. RAIN GAUGE RECORDER, MARKED 'TYPE B/D', POSSIBLY INDICATING A TYPE B RECORDER MODIFIED TO BE A TYPE D. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on base reading 'M.S.C./ R/G RECORDER/TYPE B/D NO. 76-53'.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/02/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing ratchet from bottom of solenoid to advance gear
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED MOTTLED GREEN (NOT ORIGINAL)/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED PEN ARM GUIDE/ BLACK RUBBER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Recorder, rain gauge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.0227, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0227.001/
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