Scale, snow sampling
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPRING BALANCE
- DATE
- 1971–1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0265.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- M.S.C. 1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- BS67-271
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.2 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970'S
- Canada
-
IN 1961-1962 CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE BEGAN PRODUCING INSTRUMENTS FOR ITS NEWLY FORMED SNOW SURVEYING NETWORK. THESE PIECES ARE CANADIAN DESIGNED INSTRUMENTS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN SERVICE. - Function
-
PART OF SNOW SAMPLING KIT IN WHICH CUTTER TUBE IS USED TO EXTRACT SAMPLE FROM SNOW PACK; TUBE IS THEN LAID IN WEIGHING CRADLE & WEIGHED ON SPRING BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE WATER EQUIVALENT IN INCHES. - Technical
-
THESE ARTIFACTS REPRESENT PART OF A M.S.C TYPE 1 SNOW SAMPLING KIT USED TO MEASURE SNOW DEPTHS IN AREAS WHERE MAXIMUM SNOW IS LESS THEN 40 INCHES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED 'BS67-271' ON CASING/ WHITE TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON CASING SIDEREADING 'Balance #1/ BS67-271' & 'Calibrated/ January, 1973'/ AES CALIBRATION DECAL ON SIDE/ INCISED RED NUMBERS & SCALE MARKINGS ON ONE SIDE OF SLIDING TUBE & BLACK 10 TO 130 ON OTHER
- Missing
- M.S.C TYPE 1 KIT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN A SNOW CUTTING TUBE, 2 SNOW REMOVAL TOOLS, A NOTEBOOK, & A SHOVEL, ALL IN A CARRYING CASE. From CA of 12/15/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- METALLIC GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Scale, snow sampling, between 1971–1973, Artifact no. 1966.0265, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0265.001/
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