Recorder, sunshine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BURNING GLASS/CAMPBELL-STOKES
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0744.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casella
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1438
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SLATE BASE/ METAL STAND AND BRACKET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 20.4 cm
- Height
- 13.8 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
- Casella
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE OF SUNSHINE RECORDER USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN CANADIAN CLIMATE STUDIES; CAMPBELL-STOKES RECORDERS HAVE BEEN USED IN CANADA SINCE AT LEAST THE 1920'S. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE DURATION OF SUNSHINE IN WHICH THE SUN'S RAYS, COLLECTED BY A SPHERE OF OPTICAL GLASS, BURN A TRACK IN A SPECIALLY PREPARED CARD. - Technical
-
THE CAMPBELL-STOKES RECORDER IS BASICALLY A RECORDING SUNDIAL, INVENTED IN 1853 AND ADAPTED TO USE PAPER CHARTS IN 1879. LATER, A MEANS OF ADJUSTING FOR LATITUDE WAS ADDED. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ORDINARY CAMPBELL-STOKES RECORDER, WITH LATITUDE ADJUSTMENT BUT NO UPPER SPHERE SUPPORT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on side reading 'CASELLA/LONDON' & 'NO. 1438'/ Incised on opposite side 'MADE IN ENGLAND FOR/ THE ONTARIO HUGHES OWENS CO. LTD./ OTTAWA CANADA'/ Incised scale marked 40 to 70.
- Missing
- GLASSSPHERE From CA of 12/15/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes
- Finish
- SLATE COLOURED BASE/ REMNANTS OF GREEN PAINT ON METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Casella, Recorder, sunshine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0744, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0744.001/
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