General Information

Serial #

8815

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STAINLESS STEEL TRIPOD BASE/NON-FERROUS METAL/ GLASS /SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PLEXIGLASS CASE

Dimensions

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

Length

16.8 cm

Width

14.7 cm

Height

17.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EPLAB

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Rhode Island

City

Newport

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1960S +

Canada

FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOSTRESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. THIS WAS USED BY DR. D. MORTIMER.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TOTAL SUN & SKY RADIATION RECEIVED ON HORIZONTAL PLANE NEAR EARTH'S SURFACE, OR TO MEASURE DIFFUSE SKY RADIATION OR REFLECTED GROUND OR CLOUD RADIATION. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF INCIDENT ILLUMINATION.

Technical

STANDARD INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING INTENSITY OF SOLAR RADIATION HITTING HORIZONTAL SURFACE IN 1950S & 1960S, USED IN METEOROLOGY & OTHER DISCIPLINES. RATHER RARE & EXPENSIVE ITEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREEN & SILVER LABEL READING "EPPLEY PYRANOMETERS/ MODEL 50. NO. 8815/ HORIZONTAL SURFACE/ THIS RADIOMETER HAS BEEN COMPARED/ WITH THE EPPLEY GROUP OF REFERENCE/ STANDARDS. THE DERIVED VALUE OF THE/ CONSTANT FOR THIS INSTRUMENT IS/ 8.30 MILLIVOLTS/ CAL. CM-2 MIN., -1 (INT.)/ THE EPPLEY LABORATORY, INC./ NEWPORT, R.I./ MADE IN U.S.A."/ LABEL READING "Property of/ Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 102542"/ BLACK HANDWRITTEN "8815" ON UNDERSIDE/ LABEL ON CASE READS IN BLUE "NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ BIOLOGICAL SCIECES/ NO. CON67019"

Missing

N/A

Finish

PLATED & BRUSHED METAL/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE, RED, & GREEN SYNTHETIC/ WHITE CERAMIC/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT CASE

Decoration

N/A