Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/MSC FORTIN INSPECTION/MB & IN/ADJUSTABLE CISTERN/MOVABLE SCALE
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0035.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- F20-47
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL CASING & OUTER TUBE WITH FERROUS METAL & BRASS PARTS/ GLASS TUBE & LENS/ SYNTHETIC SCALE COVER/ CORK/ MERCURY
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
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 105.0 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S
- Canada
-
CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE VERSIONOF STANDARD FORTIN TYPE BAROMETER, DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA FOR USE BY INSPECTORS CHECKING STATION BAROMETERS. THIS EXAMPLE CORRESPONDS TO DESCRIPTION IN 1954 MANUAL, HAVING SINGLE WINDOW IN CISTERN TO ILLUMINATE POINT. SEE EARLIER INSPECTION BAROMETER 870545. THIS CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE INSTRUMENT WAS USED BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPT. (EMR). - Function
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AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY. THIS TYPE OF BAROMETER WAS NORMALLY USED BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE INSPECTORS TO VERIFY STATION BAROMETERS AT METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVING STATIONS. - Technical
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IMPROVED VERSION OF FORTIN BAROMETER WITH LEATHER BAG, CISTERN BASE ADJUSTED BY SCREW, BOXWOOD & STEEL CISTERN, LOW POWER VIEWER FOR OBSERVING IVORY POINT ILLUMINATED BY GLASS WINDOW. THIS CONSTRUCTION REDUCED WEIGHT OF INSTRUMENT WHILE MAINTAINING EASE OF SETTING & FACILITATING VERTICAL INSTALLATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE FOR 26 TO 32 IN & 87 TO 110 MB, & READING 'M.S.C./ F20-47'/ INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON THERMOMETER MOUNT FOR 10 TO 120 DEGREES F. & READING 'FAHRENHEIT'
- Missing
- From CA of 04/27/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED EXTERIOR/ PLATED, BRUSHED, & BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ COLOURLESS GLASS & SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Barometer, after 1950, Artifact no. 1993.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0035.001/
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