Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/FORTIN/IN/MB/ADJUSTABLE CISTERN
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0336.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Central Scientific Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 5573
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & TUBE/ BRASS SCALE & VERNIER/ WOOD CISTERN/ GLASS TUBE, CYLINDER, THERMOMETER TUBE/ BAROMETER MOUNTED ON WOOD PANEL WITH METAL HARDWARE WITH SYNTHETIC PLATES MOUNTED BEHIND IVORY POINT & SCALE/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 115.0 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- 9.0 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
- CENCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. THIS AMERICN MADE BAROMETER CAME FROM FOYER OF BUILDING M12 AT NRC. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY. - Technical
-
RESEMBLES U.S WEATHER SERVICE GREEN TYPE FORTINBAROMETER WITH BOXWOOD CISTERN, IVORY POINT, & MOVABLE SCALE, CHARACTERIZED BY CISTERN HELD TOGETHER BY SCREWS RATHER THAN GLUE TO FACILITATE DISASSEMBLY FOR CLEANING. FOR PORTABILITY, DURABILITY, & EASE OF CLEANING, GREEN'S BAROMETER WAS NEVER SURPASSED (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READS "CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ LABORATORY/ APPARATUS/ TRADE MARK/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ SUPPLIES/ CHEMICALS/ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ NEW YORK.BOSTON.TORONTO.LOS ANGELES"/ SCALES INCISED FOR 25.5 TO 32.7 IN. & 647 TO 830 MB; SCALE ALSO INCISED "MADE IN U.S.A."/ BLACK SCALES & MARKINGS ON THERMOMETER FOR -10 TO 12O F. & -25 TO 50 C./ INCISED "5573" ON LOWER TUBE CASING/ HAND WRITTEN CARD READS "Std. Atmosphere at/ Ottawa/ 757 mm Hg 101.32 kp"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 04/26/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- MILTARY GREEN CISTERN CASING, RED-BROWN PAINTED TUBE & THERMOMETER CASINGS, CLEAR COATING OVER ALL/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ METALLIC & BRASS COLOURED SCALE, VERNIER, PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC/ BROWN STAINED WOOD WITH CLEAR COATING & BLACK CRINKLE HARDWARE/ METALLIC MERCURY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Central Scientific Co., Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0336, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0336.001/
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