Gauge, rain

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OBJECT TYPE: NON-RECORDING/DIRECT MEASURE
DATE: 1970–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0597.001

MANUFACTURER: Meteorological Service of Canada
MODEL: B
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC/ METAL MOUNT.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 12.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Environment CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1970's +
Canada: AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. THIS IS A TYPE USED BY VOLUNTEER METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS WHO RECORD DATA ON PRECIPITATION & TEMPERATURE FOR AES.
Function: VESSEL WHICH COLLECTS RAIN INTO AN INTERNAL GRADUATE FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT.
Technical: THE SECONDTYPE OF M.S.C. NON-RECORDING RAIN GAUGE, AN ENTIRELY PLASTIC INSTRUMENT WITH A SINGLE GRADUATED INNER CONTAINER, DEVELOPED C. 1970. IT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THE STANDARD GAUGE & WAS DEVELOPED TO ELIMINATE LOSS OF DATA DUE TO OVERFLOW OF THE GAUGE DURING HEAVY RAINFALLS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Graduate marked 'Taylor Instrument Companies' in script and in printing 'CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION/ASHEVILLE, N.C., U.S.A. TORONTO, CANADA', and graduated.10 to 1.00.
Missing: From CA of 11/23/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: WHITE PLASTIC BUCKET/ CLEAR FUNNEL/ PLATED METAL/ CLEAR COLOURLESS GRADUATE.
Decoration: N/A

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Meteorological Service of Canada, Gauge, rain, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1987.0597, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0597.001/

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