Gauge, rain
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-RECORDING/TIPPING BUCKET/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0504.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- B2
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 58
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER RECEIVER UNIT & BASE/ BRASS BAND & TIPPING BUCKET MECHANISM/ MERCURY SWITCH/ METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WIRING & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 62.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI, WHICH WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA FROM 1918-1995. PNFI STUDIED SPECIES GROWTH &FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT COLLECTS & MEASURES AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL, CONVEYING DATA BY MEANS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO GRAPHIC RECORDER. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA ELECTRICAL 10 INCH RAIN GAUGE, CLOSELY RESEMBLING MSC RAIN GAUGE 660478 & 870612 MODEL B-2 IN CONSTRUCTION OF TIPPING BUCKET MECHANISM. B-2 TYPE APPEARED C. 1961 & BY 1965 HAD REPLACED PRECEDING TYPES B & B-1 PREDECESSORS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED "58" ON TIPPING BUCKET BAND & ON BASE/ LABEL ATTACHED TO TIPPING BUCKET FRAME READS "DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY/ ?AL NO. 00108"/ SECOND LABEL WITH ILLEGIBLE HAND PRINTING READS "CALIBRATION"
- Missing
- TIPPING BUCKETS
- Finish
- GREY PAINTED BASE/ COPPER COLOURED RECEIVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Gauge, rain, after 1961, Artifact no. 1996.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0504.001/
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