Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/ALTITUDE/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0203.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HICKS, J.
- MODEL
- WATKIN PATENT
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 789
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL CASING/ GLASS DIAL COVER/ METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.3 cm
- Width
- 11.9 cm
- Height
- 5.7 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
- HICKS
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A BRITISH MADE BAROMETER USED BY THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1905. IT IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMETS ACQUIRED BY NRC IN THE 1930'S - Function
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AN INSTRUMET THAT NEASURES 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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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READING `WATKIN PATENT/ Compensated [IN SCRIPT]/ NO 789/ J. HICKS/ 8,9,&10 Hatton Garden/ LONDON'/ `Dom.Obs/ 28' HAND INCISED ON CASING SIDE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GOLD COLOURED CASIGN/ WHITE DIAL/ BLACK INDICATOR NEEDLE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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HICKS, J., Barometer, before 1930, Artifact no. 1990.0203, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0203.001/
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