Chronograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDING/DRUM
- DATE
- 1930–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0279.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bausch & Lomb
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10443
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BRASS, ALUMINUM, AND POSSIBLY CAST IRON. RUBBER COVERING ON WIRES. COTTON CANVAS BAG & WOODEN BOX ARE PTS. PAPER SHEET SECURED ON RECORDING DRUM..9 LEAD WEIGHT INSIDE BRASS CASING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.2 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-position
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bausch Lomb
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT USED C.1930S-1970S AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA, PRESUMABLY ON LAND SURVEYS. RECORDS OF A SIGNAL GIVEN BY A CHRONOMETER (POSS.900278) AT PRECISE INTERVALS COULD BE RECORDED ON THE CHRONOGRAPH AND COMPARED WITH CELESTIAL OBSERVATIONS TO ESTABLISH POSITION OR CALCULATE DISTANCE (REF.2, P.27) - Function
-
TO MEASURE SHORT INTERVALS OF TIME AND RECORD THESE INTERVALS ON PAPER - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF A RECORDING CHRONOGRAPH. TYPICALLY, A SHEET OF PAPER IS DRAWN UNIFORMLY BENEATH A PAIR OF RECORDING PENS, ONE OF WHICH IS DEFLECTED BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRO-MAGNET AT THE INSTANT TO BE DETERMINED OR AT THE BEGINNING OR END OF THE INTERVAL TO BE MEASURED. THE OTHER PEN IS OPERATED AT REGULAR INTERVALS BY MEANS OF SIGNALS TRANSMITTED FROM A CLOCK AND SO MARKS A TIME SCALE ON THE RECORD (REF.1, P.75). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 STAMPED ON SQUARE BASE OF GOVERNOR HOUSING 'BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ [LOGO - INVERTED TRIANGLE CONTAINING 'B-L/ Z S]'; '10443' STAMPED BELOW/ '62' HANDPAINTED IN RED ON BASE/ '4' STAMPED IN BRASS PULLEY WHEELS AND WEIGHT ARMS/ '62' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON CASE/ PAPER LABEL STAPLED TO CASE LID READS: 'ASTRONOMICAL/ INSTRUMENT/ WITH CARE'/.2 '2' STAMPED ON GEARED WHEEL & END CAP
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- .1 BLACK WRINKLE-FINISH APPLIED TO BASE & DRUM SUPPORTS. SILVER METAL GOVERNOR HOUSING HAS THIN BRASS-COLOURED WASH APPLIED AS FINISH; GOVERNOR WEIGHTS, ENDPOSTS & CROSSPIECE, GEARS & TURNED ROD & SOME PIECES ON ELECTRO-MAGNET (.3) HAVE LACQUERED BRASS FINISH. LINK CHAIN & HANGING PULLEYS ALSO HAVE LACQUERED BRASS FINISH..2 DRUM ORIGINALLY HAD PAINTED GREY ENAMEL FINISH. BUFF COLOURED CANVAS BAG. BOX EXTERIOR PAINTED GREEN.
- Decoration
- N/A
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