General Information

Serial #

111

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & METAL BASE/ WOOD CASING TOP HINGED, WITH GLAZED FRONT AND END/ BRASS WORKING PARTS/ METAL PARTS/SYNTHETIC? BOTTLE WITH BRASS LID/ BRASS CASING HARDWARE.

Dimensions

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

Length

31.8 cm

Width

16.7 cm

Height

21.0 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

Wilson

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

IDENTIFIED BY AES AS AN INSTRUMENT USED AT ONE OF CANADA'S FOUR INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR STATIONS IN 1932-1933. OBJECT WAS TO ESTABLISH NUMEROUS POLAR STATIONS WHERE INTENSIVE OBSERVATIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL, MAGNETIC, AURORAL, & ALLIED PROBLEMS COULD BE UNDERTAKEN FROMAUG. 1 1932 TO AUG. 31 1933.

Function

AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES AND RECORDS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, A METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EXHAUSTED OF AIR.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Synthetic plate reading 'THE HUGHES OWENS CO. LTD./MONTREAL, TORONTO,WINNIPEG, OTTAWA/MADE IN ENGLAND'/incised lettering reading 'W. & W.'& '0111'.

Missing

None apparent.

Finish

MEDIUM BROWN STAINED AND VARNISHED WOOD/BRASS COLOURED AND METALLIC PARTS.

Decoration

ORNAMENTED HANDLE MOUNT AND HANDLE ON CASING TOP.