General Information

Serial #

255-61

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL (ALUMINUM BASE)/ PLASTIC COVER/ METAL MECHANISM/ PAPER CHART/ SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

39.5 cm

Width

21.2 cm

Height

20.9 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

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVATORIES, AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S FOR USE AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THE LATTER HAVE 1 PEN MECHANISM AS OPPOSED TO 3 ON THE ANEMOGRAPH.

Function

AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS ON A PAPER CHART MEASUREMENTS OF AMOUNTS OFRAINFALL MADE BY A SEPARATE RAIN GAUGE.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A LATER (AT LEAST 1960'S) VERSION OF THE M.S.C. RAIN GAUGE RECORDER, WHICH PROBABLY FOLLOWED THE TYPE B INSTRUMENT STILL IN USE IN 1961.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READING 'M.S.C./ R/G RECORDER/ TYPE C 255-61'/ HANDWRITTEN '#253' ON BASE/ CLOCK STAMPED IN BLACK 'CU69-1362'/ LABEL ORIGINALLY AFFIXED TO BASE READS: '29 AUG 73/ CU69-1362/ OT-VIBROGRAF'/ GREEN PRINTED CHART READS 'RECORDING RAIN GAUGE/ DAILY CHART 99 FEUILLE JOURNALIERE/ PLUVIOMETRE ENREGISTREUR/ (SI)'

Missing

From CA of 12/02/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

GREEN ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ BLACK PAINTED, GREY, & PLATED MECHANISM PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED DRUM/ METALLIC CLOCK EXTERIOR/ WHITE PAPER/ BLACK WIRING

Decoration

N/A