Actinograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BIMETAL
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0743.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- G
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 16
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ BRASS PARTS/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 49.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Sunshine intensity & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1950 to 1960's
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT DESIGNED, BUILT, & USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. IT WAS DESIGNED IN THE LATE 1940'S, & WAS IN USE IN CANADIAN OBSERVING STATIONS FROM 1952 TO AT LEAST THE EARLY 1960'S. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE & RECORD TOTAL SOLAR & SKY RADIATION TO DETERMINE TOTAL RADIATION FOR A DAY (1). - Technical
-
INSTRUMENT HAS BIMETAL THERMOMETER CONSISTING OF CENTRAL BLACK BIMETAL WITH WHITE BIMETAL ON EITHER SIDE; THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE BETWEEN THESE BIMETALS IS USED TO CALCULATE RADIATION LEVELS (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on casing reading 'M.S.C. ACT. TYPE G/ No. 16'.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/04/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTEDCASING/ GLASS PARTIALLY MIRROR FINISHED/ BRASS AND PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE PAINTED PARTS (FINISH NOT ORIGINAL).
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Actinograph, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.0743, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0743.001/
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