Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/STATION/ALTITUDE TEST/CM
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0448.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Wallace & Tiernan Products Inc.
- MODEL
- A-1
- LOCATION
- Belleville, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 32
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE/ STEEL? FRAME & PARTS/ GLASS CISTERN, LENS, LEVEL BUBBLES/ SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING/ PLASTIC CASE WITH WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 48.0 cm
- Height
- 115.0 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
- Wallace Tiernan
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Belleville
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READS 'BAROMETER/ MERCURIAL ALTITUDE TEST/ RANGE -1000 TO +2000000 FEET/ TYPE A-1/ SPECIFICATION NO. 27022/ PART NO. FA 206011/ SERIAL NO. 32/ ORDER NO. AF 33 (038)-9442/ WALLACE & TIERNAN PRODUCTS INC./ BELLEVILLENEWJERSEY/ PROPERTY USAF'/ SCALE INCISED FOR 0 TO 78 'CM. MERCURY' & +200 TO -1 '1000 FT. ALTITUDE N.A.C.A.'/ PLATE READING 'BA TYPE-C/ DRY BATTERIES/ 2 REQ'/ YELLOW STENCIL PAINTED 'SASL' ON BAROMETER BASE & CASE BASE
- Missing
- BAROMETER TUBE From CA of 11/03/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing glass tube for mercury column
- Finish
- BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON BASE/ METALLIC FRAME & PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS & PLASTIC/ WHITE SYNTHETIC/ BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD BASE FOR CASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Wallace & Tiernan Products Inc., Barometer, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1970.0448, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0448.001/
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