General Information

Serial #

25741

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL BASE, STAND, MEASURING ENGINE/ NON-FERROUS METAL TELESCOPE CASING & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS

Dimensions

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

Length

34.3 cm

Width

33.8 cm

Height

94.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Pneumatics & air pressure

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Baker

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO PRECISELY MEASURE HEIGHT OF FLUIDS IN TUBES AS IN MANOMETERS, MERCURY BAROMETERS, ETC.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF BRITISH MADE PRECISION MEASURING INSTRUMENT USED IN CALIBRATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON BASE READS "PYE [LOGO]/ W.G. PYE & CO. LTD./ CAMBRIDGE/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ NO. 25,741"/ PLATE ON TELESCOPE READS "C. BAKER/ 14545/ LONDON"; INCISED LETTERING READS "1950"/ INCISED LETTERING ON LARGE RULE READS "CHESTERMAN JC [LOGO] SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND" & "RUSTLESS", WITH INCISED SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 25/ INCISED LETTERING ON SMALL RULE READS "RUSTLESS/ Viewer 1/50 mm" WITH INCISED SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 10

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 02/12/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED MEASURING APPARATUS & GREY WRINKLE FINISHED BASE/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED TELESCOPE/ PLATED UPRIGHT, PARTS, TELESCOPE PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

LOGOON BASE PLATE CONSISTS OF LETTERS PYE WITHIN CIRCLE/ LOGO ON LARGE RULE CONSISTS OF LETTERS J C WITHIN CURVILINEAR DESIGN