Psychrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ASPIRATED/STATIONARY/MOTORIZED/AUTOMATIC
- DATE
- 1954–1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0874.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL MOUNT, SHAFT, GEAR WHEELS, CHAIN/ SYNTHETIC PARTS, POWER CORD/
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.3 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 8.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric humidity measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1957 TO C. 1967
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVING STATIONS. - Function
-
PART OF A MOTORIZED REMOTE READING PSYCHROMETER USED TO DETERMINE ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENT READINGS FROM TWO THERMOMETERS,ONE WITH A BULB KEPT WET & VENTILATED. - Technical
-
THIS APPEARS TO BE THE DRY BULB THERMISTOR & COLD WEATHER BULB WETTING MECHANISM FROM THE FIRST VERSION OF THE M.S.C. REMOTE READING PSYCHROMETER, DEVELOPED IN 1953-1954; BY 1967-68 THE REMOTE TEMPERATURE & DEWPOINT MEASURING SYSTEM TYPE 2 HAD REPLACED IT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- small label reading '12' in black
- Missing
- MOTOR & SWITCH/ WET BULB THERMISTOR IS BROKEN OFF. From CA of 12/07/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PLATED & UNFINISHED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED & COLOURLESS SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Psychrometer, between 1954–1967, Artifact no. 1987.0874, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0874.001/
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