Planimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROLLING
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0175.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stanley, W.F. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- PRECISION ROLLING DISC
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 15327
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (PROBABLY BRASS & NICKEL SILVER); RECORDING UNIT WHEEL, MEASURING WHEEL & VERNIER SCALES OF SYNTHETIC MATERIAL. WOODEN CASE HAS SOME FELT PADS FITTED TO SUPPORTS; BRASS HINGES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 12.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Stanley
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT USED C.1940S+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MEASURE AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO SCALE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF PRECISION ROLLING DISC PLANIMETER. MEASURING WHEEL IS PROVIDED WITH A VERNIER READING TO 1/1,000 OF A REVOLUTION, AND A UNIT WHEEL WHICH RECORDS UP TO 100 REVOLUTIONS. ADJUSTABLE TRACER ARM SET BY VERNIER TO VARY AREA PER REVOLUTION OF MEASURING WHEEL FROM 20 SQ. CM TO 5 SQ. CM [REF.1] HIGHLY ACCURATE FORM OF PLANIMETER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'STANLEY LONDON/ ROLLING DISC PLANIMETER/ 15327/ MADE IN ENGLAND' INCISED IN WHITE ON .1. UNIT WHEEL DIVIDED 0-100; MEASURING WHEEL & VERNIER DIVIDED 0-10
- Missing
- CHECKING RULE
- Finish
- MOST AREAS HAVE SMOOTH, DULL BLACK FINISH; BRIGHT SILVER METAL OR PLATED FITTINGS, ADJUSTMENTS, ROLLING WHEELS & TRACER ARM.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Stanley, W.F. & Co. Ltd., Planimeter, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1996.0175, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0175.001/
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