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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHIELDED SNOW GAUGE/10 MM
- DATE
- 1971–1991
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0117.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Corning Glass Works
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 20.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Corning
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- A 1971
- Canada
-
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT MADE FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVING STATIONS. - Function
-
A GRADUATED VESSEL USED TO MEASURE MELTED SNOW FROM A SNOW GAUGE. - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF GRADUATE MAY HAVE BEEN USED WITH THE M.S.C.NIPHER SHIELDED SNOW GAUGE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY SHIELDED GAUGE USED BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE; THE GRADUATE IS MARKED 'SHIELDED SNOW GAUGE'. THE M.S.C. DOCUMENTATION REFERS TO A GLASS GRADUATE FOR USE WITH THE NIPHER GAUGE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING READING 'A.E.S./ 10 mm/ SHIELDED/ SNOW GAUGE' & GRADUATED SCALE FOR 1.0 TO 10.0/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READING 'PYREX ___' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/24/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Corning Glass Works, Graduate, between 1971–1991, Artifact no. 1991.0117, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0117.001/
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