Gravimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2128.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Boliden Mining Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3902
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL COVER HAS ENAMEL PAINTED FINISH; BRUSHED ALUMINUM BASE. GLASS LEVEL VIALS & VIEWING WINDOWS. METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS. SYNTHETIC FOAM PADS & SUPPORTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Boliden
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS METER PROBABLY USED C.LATE 1930S-1940S, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF GRAVITY MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED BY STAFF OF THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY, OTTAWA - Function
-
TO MEASURE GRAVITY - Technical
-
GRAVIMETER CONTAINED WITHIN THREE CONCENTRIC COVERS, ON AN ALUMINUM BASE PLATE EQUIPPED WITH LEVELLING BUBBLES & ADJUSTABLE SCREWS. A HEATER WIRE IS EMBEDDED ON THE SURFACE OF THE INNER COVER, AND THE UNIT IS FITTED WITH A SURFACE MOUNTED MERCURY THERMOMETER, AND RELAY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'THE BOLIDEN MINING COMPANY/ SWEDEN/ Gravimeter No 3902' & CO. LOGO PRINTED ON MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO CASING FRONT/ 2 LEVELLING FEET FITTED WITH ADJUSTMENT DIALS GRADUATED '0-9'/ MASKING TAPE LABEL ON CASE TOP READS: 'OLD INSTRUMENT'/ BASE FITTED WITH 2 2-WINDOW TUBE LEVELS, GRADUATED BUT NO SCALE
- Missing
- UNKNOWN From CA of 02/01/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- EXTERIOR CASING HASSMOOTH, OFF-WHITE ENAMEL FINISH. BRUSHED ALUMINUM BASE & LEVELLING LEGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Boliden Mining Co., Gravimeter, before 1939, Artifact no. 1987.2128, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2128.001/
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