Psychrometer

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OBJECT TYPE: SLING/SWIVEL HANDLE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0934.001

MANUFACTURER: TYCOS
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3288222
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM FRAME/ COPPER PROTECTOR/ WOOD HANDLE/ GLASS THERMOMETERS/ MERCURY/ COTTON WICK

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 3.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Silviculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: TAYLOR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: AN AMERICAN-MADE METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
Function: AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENT READINGS FROM TWO THERMOMETERS, ONE WITH A BULB KEPT WET. THE INSTRUMENT IS VENTILATED BY WHIRLING IT THROUGH THE AIR.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE, PORTABLE HUMIDITY MEASURING INSTRUMENT. THIS ONE HAS A SWIVEL HANDLE RATHER THAN THE MORE COMMON AMERICAN CHAIN-LINK HANDLE & A METAL PROTECTOR. THETHERMOMETERS ARE MOUNTED ON A METAL FRAME WITH THEIR BULBS STAGGERED & PROTRUDING OVER THE END, TYPICAL OF AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERING ON FRAME READING 'Tycos ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A./ TORONTO, CANADA'/ THERMOMETERS MARKED IN BLACK '3288222' OR '3297442' & SCALED FOR 20 TO 120 F./ 'A-152' MARKED IN RED ON & SCRATCHED INTO PROTECTOR BACK
Missing: N/A
Finish: METALLIC & COPPER COLOURED METAL/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED HANDLE/ CLEAR GLASS THERMOMETERS WITH WHITE BACKS/ WHITE WICK
Decoration: N/A

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TYCOS, Psychrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0934, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0934.001/

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