Planimeter, dot reading
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOOSEHORN
- DATE
- 1960–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1132.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HILBORN
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC GRID
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Silviculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C 1960'S - 1970'S
- Canada
-
PROBABLY MADE IN CANADA/ THESE UNITS WERE COMMONLY USED IN CANADA AND ORIGINALYDEVELOPED BY MARK W. ROBINSON OF THE DOMINION FOREST SERVICE [SEE 881133] - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE TREE CANOPY DENSITY FROM THE GROUND. CANOPY DENSITY IS AN IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN THE ESTIMATION OF STAND VOLUME FROM AERIAL PHOTOS & IN THE EVALUATION OF SILVICULTURAL OPERATIONS & ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. IT ALSO HAS AN INFLUENCE ON SNOW-PACK ACCUMULATION AND SNOW MELT - Technical
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USEFUL AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE CANOPY DENSITY OF FOREST STANDS/ THIS MODEL IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE AWKWARD SHAPE OF THE ORIGINAL 'MOOSEHORN' [SEE 881133] AND CAN BE USED MORE EASILY IN DENSE WOODS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD VARNISHED/.1 &.2 HAVE WHITE PAINTED METAL BRACKETS
- Decoration
- NONE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Planimeter, dot reading, circa 1960–1980, Artifact no. 1988.1132, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1132.001/
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