General Information

Serial #

22

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

33.5 cm

Width

25.3 cm

Height

26.8 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

STAROBA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960'S

Canada

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE'S SOIL TEMPERATURE NETWORK, WHICH WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED IN 1958 & BY 1976 COMPRISED APPROXIMATELY 60 STATIONS. KNOWLEDGE OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN UPPER GROUND LAYERS IS USEFUL TO PLANT & SOIL SCIENTISTS, HYDROLOGISTS, CLIMATOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS, & METEOROLOGISTS.

Function

AN INDICATOR THAT DISPLAYS TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM SENSORS PLACED IN THE SOIL AT VARIOUS DEPTHS AT A MODERATE DISTANCE, PART OF A REMOTE SOIL TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM UTILIZING THERMISTORS.

Technical

THE CANADIAN SOILTEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SET OF SOIL SENSORS IN THE GROUND, AN OUTDOOR JUNCTION BOX, & AN INDOOR TEMPERATURE INDICATOR. THIS INDICATOR IS LABELLED TYPE B BUT MAY HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO UPGRADE IT, FOR IT HAS TYPE C SWITCHES. BY 1965 THE TYPE D WAS IN SERVICE, ALTHOUGH THE 1976 MANUAL DESCRIBES THE USE OF TYPES C & D.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'M.S.C./ REMOTE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR/TYPE 'B'/SERIAL NO.22'/ PLATE READING 'SIRCO/ MADE BY/STAROBA/ INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CO. LTD/TORONTO, CANADA/ NO. 58-22'/ INCISED 'SIRCO' LOGO ON FRONT/ SWITCH MARKED FOR CALIBRATE & 1 to 150 CM/ RED IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'SOIL TEMPERATURE'.

Missing

SENSORS From CA of 12/01/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing temperature sensors

Finish

VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK PANEL/ BLACK, RED, BROWN, SYNTHETIC/ BLACK ENAMELLED AND BRUSHED METAL PARTS.

Decoration

N/A