Pan, evaporation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SMALL
- DATE
- 1930–1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0496.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ottawa Brass Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- WRIGHT EVAPORIMETER
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL, PROBABLY COPPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 9.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 13.1 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ottawa Brass
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930'S & 1940'S
- Canada
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EVAPORATION MEASURING DEVICE DESIGNED BY MEMBERS OF CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE & BY CANADIAN (OTTAWA) FIRM./ FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FROM PNFI, CANADIAN GOV'T FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WHICH OPERATED FROM 1918-1995. PNFI STUDIED SPECIES GROWTH & FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION. - Function
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DEVICE USED TO MEASURE RATE OF EVAPORATION OF WATER BY MEASUREMENT OF LOSS OF WATER FROM SMALL PAN. READINGS WERE COMPARED WITH READINGS FROM LIVINGSTON ATMOMETER, IN LIVINGSTON UNITS WHICH IN 1930'S WERE SCIENTIFIC STANDARD FOR EVAPORATION. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY FORESTRY SERVICE IN DETERMINING RISK OF FOREST FIRE. - Technical
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DESIGNED BY JAMES G. WRIGHT OF PNFI, UNDER WHOM RESEARCH INTO FIRE CONTROL BEGAN IN 1929. WRIGHT EVAPORIMETER WAS WIDELY USED BY FOREST PROTECTION AGENCIES UNTIL 1946, WHEN DIRECT READINGS OF WIND, TEMPERATURE & RH REPLACED EVAPORIMETERS. THIS EXAMPLE IS LATER VERSION WITH HEMISPHERICAL BOTTOM & PROTECTIVE SCREEN. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR CATCH ON .2
- Finish
- PAINTED METALLIC GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ottawa Brass Mfg. Co., Pan, evaporation, between 1930–1946, Artifact no. 1996.0496, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0496.001/
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