Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/BATHY/CELSIUS/MOUNTED
- DATE
- 1975–1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0688.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- AES BATHY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL HOLDER/ GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.2 cm
- Width
- 33.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric temperature measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970's & 1980's
- Canada
-
A THERMOMETER MADE IN ENGLAND BY A BRITISH COMPANY FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, PROBABLY AFTER 1975 WHEN THE BROADCAST OF TEMPERATURE IN CELSIUS BEGAN IN CANADA. - Function
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AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS; BATHY THERMOMETERS ARE USED SPECIFICALLY TO MEASURESURFACE WATER TEMPERATURES AT FIXED LOCATIONS SUCH AS DOCKS, CANALS, BEACHES, & LOCKS. - Technical
-
A TYPE OF THERMOMETER USED BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE AFTER1971. A BATHY THERMOMETER IS MOUNTED IN A METAL HOUSING WITH THE THERMOMETER BULB PROJECTING INTO A SMALL CISTERN IN THE HOUSING, SO THAT WHEN THE INSTRUMENT WITHDRAWN FROM THE WATER, THE BULBREMAINS IMMERSED. THE HOUSING IS PLATED TO REFLECT RADIATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering reading 'AC 75 0202 AES BATHY' & marked for -5 to 35 C.
- Missing
- From CA of 01/03/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- CLEAR, COLOURLESS TUBE FRONT WITH WHITE BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ PLATED HOLDER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Thermometer, between 1975–1987, Artifact no. 1987.0688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0688.001/
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