Gauge, soil moisture
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1076.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PROSSER, T.W. CO.
- MODEL
- IRROMETER R (.1)
- LOCATION
- Riverside, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 29.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Land improvement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PROSSER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Riverside
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1960'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
TO CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE & DISPLAY SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AT THE ROOT ZONE OF THE PLANT. - Technical
-
A DEVICE WHICH GIVES THE GROWER INFORMATION AS TO WHEN CROPS NEED WATER & ELIMINATES NEED FOR SOIL SAMPLING, CALIBRATIONS & GUESSWORK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON DECAL: `IRROMETER/ REG U.S. PAT. OFF/ MOISTURE INDICATOR/ PAT. APPL'D FOR/ T.W. PROSSER CO./ RIVERSIDE, CALIF.'/ PRINTING ON GAUGE FACE INCLUDES: `IRROMETER/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF/ MOISTURE INDICATOR/ T.W. PROSSER CO./ RIVERSIDE, CALIF/ U.S. GAUGE 18495'1/ [GRADATIONS FROM 0 TO 100]/ WET DRY'.
- Missing
- MONTHLY CHART FORMS
- Finish
- CLEAR SYNTHETIC TUBE WITH GREEN & BLACK DECAL; GAUGE IN BLACK CONTAINER, BLACK PRINTING ON WHITE FACE
- Decoration
- VERTICAL RIBS AROUND SIDE OF LID WITH HORIZONTAL RIDGES
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PROSSER, T.W. CO., Gauge, soil moisture, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1076, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1076.001/
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