General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

Snow cutting tube

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

111.7 cm

Width

7.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MARSLAND

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Waterloo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970'S

Canada

IN 1961-1962 CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE BEGAN PRODUCING INSTRUMENTS FOR ITS NEWLY FORMED SNOW SURVEYING NETWORK. SNOW CUTTING TUBE & REMOVAL TOOL ARE CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE FOR CANADIAN SERVICE.

Function

PART OF SNOW SAMPLING KIT, IN WHICH CUTTER TUBE IS PUSHED DOWN THROUGH SNOW ON GROUND TO CUT & EXTRACT CORE OF SNOW. CALIBRATIONS ON TUBE ARE USED TO MEASURE SNOW DEPTH; TUBE IS THEN WEIGHED ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE WATER EQUIVALENT OF SNOW IT CONTAINS.

Technical

THESE ARTIFACTS REPRESENT TWO PIECES OF M.S.C. TYPE 1 SHOW SAMPLING KIT, USED TO MEASURE SNOW DEPTH IN AREAS WHERE MAXIMUM SNOW IS LESS THAN 40 INCHES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'MANUFACTURED BY/ MARSLAND/ ENGINEERING LIMITED/ WATERLOO ONTARIO CANADA'/ GRADUATED IN BLACK FROM 2 TO 42

Missing

M.S.C. TYPE 1KIT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN SPRING BALANCE WEIGH SCALE, WEIGHING CRADLE, 2 SNOW REMOVAL TOOLS, NOTEBOOK, SHOVEL, IN A CARRYING CASE. From CA of 12/16/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

METALLIC FINISH

Decoration

N/A