Clinometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND HELD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0742.001
- MANUFACTURER
- White, David Co.
- MODEL
- M-9090
- LOCATION
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 74831
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CLINOMETER/ BRASS PARTS/ WOOD CASE WITH METAL FITTINGS, FELT LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.4 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 10.2 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
- White
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- Milwaukee
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN ALTITUDE MEASURING INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE CLOUD HEIGHT BY MEASURING THE ALTITUDE OF A SPOT OF LIGHT PROJECTED ONTO THE CLOUD BASE. - Technical
-
AN ARMY STYLE DAVID WHITE CLINOMETER WAS USED BY MSC IN THE 1950'S (REF.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on clinometer reading 'CLINOMETER M-9090/ NO. 74831/ MANUFACTURED BY/ DAVID WHITE COMPANY/MILWAUKEE-WISCONSIN'/ plate on case reading 'DAVID WHITE COMPANY/ MANUFACTURERS OF/ WHITE'S IMPROVED/ SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS & ENGINEER'S FIELD SUPPLIES/ MILWAUKEE'.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/22/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- CLINOMETER PAINTED MILITARY GREY-BROWN/ BRASS AND METALLIC PARTS/ BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED SCALES/ CASE PAINTED MILITARY GREY-BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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White, David Co., Clinometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0742, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0742.001/
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