Gauge, rain
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-RECORDING
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0599.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Branch
- MODEL
- STANDARD
- 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
- ROLLED COPPER/ BRASS? RING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 13.4 cm
- Height
- 25.3 cm
- 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
- MSC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1960's & 1970's
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. THIS TYPE OF GAUGE WAS USED BY VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS WHO RECORDED DATA ON PRECIPITATION & TEMPERATURE FOR THE CANADIAN SERVICE. - Function
-
VESSEL USED TO COLLECT RAINFALL WHICH IS THEN POURED INTO A GRADUATE FOR MEASUREMENT. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF THE M.S.C. STANDARD RAIN GAUGE, THE ENTIRELY COPPER VERSION USED IN THE 1960'S & 1970'S. THE CANADIAN SERVICE HAD USED ITS OWN NON-RECORDING RAIN GAUGE WITH AN OPENINGOF 10 SQUARE INCHES SINCE AT LEAST THE 1870'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 11/23/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- COPPER AND BRASS COLOURED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Meteorological Branch, Gauge, rain, after 1960, Artifact no. 1987.0599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0599.001/
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