Hygrothermograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BOURDON TUBE-HAIR/EXTERNAL
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0338.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bendix Aviation Corp.
- MODEL
- 594
- LOCATION
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6649
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE, CASING, RECORDING MECHANISM, CLOCK & DRUM, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW/ HAIR HUMIDITY SENSOR/ METAL BOURDON TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Combination instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bendix
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maryland
- City
- Baltimore
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. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES & RECORDS ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF THEIR EFFECT ON A HAIR BUNDLE HUMIDITY SENSOR & BOURDON TUBE TEMPERATURE SENSOR RESPECTIVELY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DUAL-FUNCTION METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR FORMED BY METAL TUBE CONTAINING LIQUID WHICH CONTRACTS & EXPANDS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, DEFORMING THE TUBE. HUMIDITY SENSOR IS BUNDLE OF SPECIALLY TREATED HUMAN HAIR WHICH CHANGES IN LENGTH IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN HUMIDITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREYLABLE WITH BLACK LETTERING ON CASING FRONT READS "HYGRO-THERMOGRAPH/ RECORDING/ RELATIVE HUMIDITY/ AIR TEMPERATURE/ MODEL 594 PART NO. AW-500054-1/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ BALTIMORE MARYLAND"/ INTERIOR PLATE READS "WHEN PURCHASING/ ACCESSORIES SPECIFY MOD. No 594/ PEN No 500400/ INK No 504974-4/ HAIR No 511824-2/ CHART No 502495/ SER. No 6649/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ BALTIMORE/ MARYLAND/ U.S.A."
- Missing
- TEMPERATURE RECORDING PEN
- Finish
- GREY PAINTED CASING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR/ GOLD PAINTED CLOCK & DRUM MECHANISM, PEN ARMS, RECORDING MECHANISM, BOURDON TUBE, PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bendix Aviation Corp., Hygrothermograph, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1995.0338, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0338.001/
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