General Information

Serial #

705599

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASE WITH BRASS? FITTINGS, RUBBER FEET, METAL HANDLE/ BAKELITE METER FRONT WITH SYNTHETIC & METAL KNOBS AND SWITCHES, GLASS GAUGE COVER/ PLASTIC COVERED CARDBOARD CIRCUITRY DIAGRAM TACKED TO LID INTERIOR

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.8 cm

Width

34.3 cm

Height

21.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leeds Northrup

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Philadelphia

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, PROBABLY IN CONSTRUCTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURED BY MSC.

Function

AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OR COMPARISON OF SMALL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised white lettering reading 'LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO./ PHILADELPHIA/ 705599/ MADE IN U.S.A.' & 'LAB. POTENTIOMETER'/ additional white incised lettering in two places reading 'CANADA, DEPT. OF TRANSPORT/ Meteorological Division'/ red impression printed label reading 'STD.1.018177V' attached to lid interior.

Missing

N/A

Finish

VARNISHED DARK BROWN CASE WITH BLACK FEET, BRASS COLOURED FITTINGS AND PLATED HANDLE/ BLACK BAKELITE METER AND CONTROLS, BRUSHED METAL SWITCHES.

Decoration

INCISED MFR'S SYMBOL/ METALLIC DECAL ON LID READING 'GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENTDIVISION/ ELECTRONICS/ 705599/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'.