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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