Psychrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SLING/RIGID HANDLE/FAHREN
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0936.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casella
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 5951
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRAME/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE, WATER RESERVOIR/ GLASS THERMOMETERS/ COTTON WICKS/ MERCURY/ LEATHER CASE WITH METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.8 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Silviculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Casella
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A BRITISH-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, PORTABLEHUMIDITY MEASURING INSTRUMENT. IT IS TYPICAL OF BRITISH (& CANADIAN) PSYCHROMETERS IN HAVING A RIGID HANDLE & HEAVY FRAME PROTECTING THE THERMOMETERS. THIS SPECIMEN HAS A WATER RESERVOIR BUILT INTO THE END OF THE FRAME, INTO WHICH THE WET BULB WICK DIPS, KEEPING IT CONTINUALLY MOISTENED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK STAMPED 'CASELLA/ LONDON' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND'/ THERMOMETERS BACKS MARKED 'Casella London' IN BLACK SCRIPT & '5921' OR '6029'; BLACK MARKINGS & SCALES ON FRONTS FOR 2O TO 120 F./ CASE STAMPED 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE COTTON/ CLEAR GLASS WITH WHITE BACKS/ METALLIC PARTS/ BROWN LEATHER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Casella, Psychrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0936, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0936.001/
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