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OBJECT TYPE: SOIL SUSPENSION/UNIFORM SCALE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0949.001

MANUFACTURER: Central Scientific Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 561247C
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBE/ METAL? BALLS IN BULB/ PAPER SCALE

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: CENCO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: AN AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO MONITOR SOIL CONDITIONS.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING THE DENSITY OR SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL SUSPENSIONS, INDICATING GRAMS OF SOIL COLLOIDS PER LITRE
Technical: AN INSTRUMENT MARKETED BY CENCO IN ITS 1941 CATALOGUE; PREVIOUS & LATER CATALOGUES DISPLAY HYDROMETERS OF DIFFERENT SHAPE OR WITH DIFFERENT SCALES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK PRINTING ON PAPER SCALE READS 'Grams of Soil Colloids per Liter, Temp. 67 [DEGREES] F.', 'CENCO', '561247C', & 'MADE IN U.S.A.' ON BACK, SCALED FOR 0 TO 60 ON FRONT/.2 IDENTICAL LABELLING EXCEPT '528173'
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ METALLIC BALLS/ WHITE PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Central Scientific Co., Hydrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0949, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0949.001/

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