Psychrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ASPIRATED/PORTABLE/ASSMANN/CLOCK DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0594.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FUESS, R.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Berlin, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER CARRYING CASE/ METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS THERMOMETERS, WITH CERAMIC? SCALES, ONE WITH WHITE WICK.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric humidity measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FUESS
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Berlin
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENT READINGS FROM TWO THERMOMETERS, ONE WITH A BULB KEPT WET AND VENTILATED. - Technical
-
INVENTED BY ASSMAN IN 1890, THIS FORM OF PSYCHROMETER HAS 2 THERMOMETERS ENCLOSED IN ADOUBLE WALLED DUCT OF REFLECTIVE METAL, WITH VENTILATION EFFECTED BY A CLOCK OR BATTERY DRIVEN FAN. ASSMAN PSYCHROMETERS OF MUCH THE SAME FORM APPEAR IN RELATIVELY MODERN CATALOGUES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on casing reading 'R. FUESS BERLIN-STEGLITZ 450'/ black letterings and markings on thermometer scales/thermometer backs stamped 'PTR50553 1912' & 'PTR50552 1912'/thermometer scale backs stamped in black 'No. 3566' & 'No. 3565' & in gold 'Centigr'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BROWN LEATHER CASE/ PLATED METAL CASING/ CLEAR THERMOMETERS WITH WHITE SCALE/ WHITE WICK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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FUESS, R., Psychrometer, 1912, Artifact no. 1987.0594, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0594.001/
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