Clinometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND HELD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0741.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON TUBE AND BACK/ SHEET METAL SCALES/ SYNTHETIC EYEPIECE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.5 cm
- Width
- 30.6 cm
- Height
- 8.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Cloud height & motion measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT USED BY THE R.C.A.F. WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CLINOMETER DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
AN ALTITUDE MEASURING INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE CLOUD HEIGHT BY MEASURING THE ANGULAR ELEVATION OF A SPOT OF LIGHT PROJECTED ON TO THE CLOUD BASE. - Technical
-
THIS CLINOMETER CLOSELY RESEMBLES (EXCEPT FOR THE SCALE) THE MSC TYPE A INSTRUMENT (870738-870740). THE LATTER INSTRUMENT WAS IN USE IN THE EARLY 1950'S & OBSOLETE BY 1958. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised white lettering and markingson scales/ yellow decal on back read 'RCAF STOCK NUMBER/ 6660-21-559-7122/ INVENTORY NO./ T20'.
- Missing
- CLAMPING HANDLE From CA of 11/23/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing tightening handle
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL PAINTED TUBE AND BACK/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED SCALES/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Clinometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0741, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0741.001/
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