Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/ALTITUDE/POCKET
- DATE
- 1870–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0202.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cary
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 855
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) CASING/ BEVELED GLASS DIAL COVER/ METAL WORKINGPARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.2 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 1.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric pressure measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cary
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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A BRITISH MADE BAROMETER USED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. IT IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS ACQUIRED BY NRC IN THE 1930'S - Function
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AN INSTROMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, OR METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EXHAUSTED OF AIR. THIS IS AN ALTITUDE BAROMETER, USED IN SURVEYING TO MEASURE ELEVATIONS - Technical
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AN EXAMPLE OF A SMALL POCKET WATCH FORM ANEROID BAROMETER, A TYPE MADE BY SEVERAL MANUFACTUERERS. FROM AROUND 1870 BAROMETERS WERE MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR SURVEYORS & MINING ENGINEERS SO THAT THEY COULD ASCERTAIN WITHOUT CALCULATION, THE HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS & DEPTH OF MINES - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READING: `CARY/ 181.Strand/ LONDON/ 835/ Compensated' & SCALE MARKINGS FOR 29 TO 31 INCHES & 0 TO 10,000 FT./ INCISED LETTERING ON BACK READING `G.S.C./ NO.20'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLATED CASING/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE DIAL FACE/ BLACK INDICATOR NEEDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cary, Barometer, between 1870–1930, Artifact no. 1990.0202, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0202.001/
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