Balance, balloon filler
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALLOON FILLER
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0833.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Central Scientific Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE/METAL SCALE PARTS/RUBBER HOSE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 26.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Lifting & flying apparatus
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CENCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS USED BY AES FROM 1930'S TO 1950'S.
- Canada
-
MODIFIED & USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS UPPER ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATION PROGRAMME IN WHICH BALLOONS WERE EMPLOYED. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO FILL METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS WITH SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF GAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ASCEND AT THE DESIRED RATE. - Technical
-
COMMERCIALLY MADE INSTRUMENT MODIFIED BY MSC FOR SPECIFIC FUNCTION OF FILLING BALLOONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING READING 'CENCO' & 'CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ PAT'D. FEB. 17, 1925'/ 'CENCO' CAST ON BASE
- Missing
- From CA of 11/18/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED BALANCE/ PLATED & BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ BRASS PARTS/BLACK RUBBER.
- Decoration
- BLACK LINES ON SCALE SUPPORT.
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Central Scientific Co., Balance, balloon filler, after 1925, Artifact no. 1987.0833, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0833.001/
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