Recorder, rain gauge

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OBJECT TYPE
ELECTRICAL
DATE
1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1987.0606.001
MANUFACTURER
DOT Air Services Branch
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
2.37 R.G.
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
CAST IRON BASE/ METAL FRAMED HINGED COVER WITH GLAZED TOP & SIDES/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC MECHANISM.

Dimensions

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

Length
37.1 cm
Width
23.0 cm
Height
21.5 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
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
C. 1937 TO C. 1952
Canada
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVATORIES, AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S FOR USE AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THE LATTER HAVE 1 PEN MECHANISM AS OPPOSED TO 3 ON THE ANEMOGRAPH.
Function
AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS ON A PAPER CHART MEASUREMENTS OF AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL MADE BY A SEPARATE RAIN GAUGE.
Technical
THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OFTHE OLDEST M.S.C. RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS; ITS SERIAL NUMBER CONTAINING '37' SUGGESTS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE IN 1937, AT THE TIME THE FIRST RECORDERS WERE MADE BY M.S.C. THIS VERSION WAS OBSOLETE BY 1952, SUPPLANTED BY THE M.S.C. TYPE B RECORDER.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Incised lettering on base reading 'M.S.C./2.37 R.G.'.
Missing
GLASS FROM ONE END From CA of 12/02/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing pen arm lifter
Finish
GREY BASE/ METALLIC COVER & MECHANISM/ BLACK AND RED SYNTHETIC.
Decoration
N/A

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DOT Air Services Branch, Recorder, rain gauge, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1987.0606, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0606.001/

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