Barometer

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OBJECT TYPE: ANEROID/IN/FT/SURVEYING/PORTABLE
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0725.001

MANUFACTURER: HICKS, J.
MODEL: WATKIN MOUNTAIN ANEROID
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 49
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SILVER METAL CASING & DIAL/ METAL WORKS/ BEVELED GLASS FACE

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 6.7 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: HICKS
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: This barometer was once part of the short-lived barometer and standards museum at the National Research Council. It was thought to be used by H.F. Lambart of the Geodetic Survey for the 1925 Mount Logan expidition - the first expidition to the top of Canada's Highest Mountain. This assumption was made based on the National Research Council images of the artifact transfer (see ref) which shows the Hicks barometer with a tag from the Topographical Survey Museum Collection (see notes). For the actual barometer used in the 1925 ascent see 1984.0729
Function: AN INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, A METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EVACUATED OF AIR, AT A GIVEN ALTITUDE.
Technical: Can measure over 10,000 ft altitute
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: FOLLOWING INFO PRINTED ON DIAL: 'WATKIN MOUNTAIN ANEROID/ COMPENSATED/ NO. 49'/ 'J. Hicks/ 8, 9, & 10 Hatton Garden/ London'/ 'Patent'/ 'T.S. 120' STAMPED ON TOP CASING, BELOW RING/ INFO LABEL READS: 'THIS ANEROID WAS CARRIED TO THE TOP OF MT. LOGAN, THE THIRD HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ON 23 JUNE 1925'; NO DOCUMENTATION ACCOMPANYING BAROMETER SUPPORTS THIS CLAIM
Missing: NONE EVIDENT From CA of 11/09/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: BRUSHED FINISH ON METAL CASING/BLACK PRINT ON MATT-SILVER FACE/ BLUED METAL NEEDLE
Decoration: GRADUATED SCALES OF 0-10,000 FT & 21-31 IN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON DIAL

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HICKS, J., Barometer, before 1925, Artifact no. 1984.0725, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0725.001/

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