General Information

Serial #

127375

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL CASING, CHART DRIVE, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW/ RUBBER? GASKET/ PAPER CHART

Dimensions

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

Length

24.5 cm

Width

21.7 cm

Height

28.5 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

ESTERLINE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Indiana

City

Indianapolis

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1940S? +

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI. FOUNDED IN 1918, IT WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1995. PNFI STUDIED GROWTH OF VARIOUS SPECIES & FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION.

Function

RECORDING DEVICE THAT PRODUCES GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF QUANTITY IN RELATION TO TIME. THIS RECORDER RECEIVED INPUT IN FORM OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM ANOTHER INSTRUMENT TO WHICH IT WAS CONNECTED, SIGNALS WHICH IT TRANSCRIBED ON PAPER CHART. IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED WITH INSTRUMENT SUCH AS ELECTRICAL NON-RECORDING RAIN GAUGE 960504, WITH WHICH IT WAS COLLECTED.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF MULTI-PURPOSE GRAPHIC RECORDER, WHICH COULD BE USED TO RECORD MANY DIFFERENT VARIABLE QUANTITIES, SUCH AS SPEED, TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, MPH, FEET PER MINUTE, VOLTS, AMPERES ETC. PRODUCT OF AMERICAN FIRM ESTERLINE-ANGUS, WHICH EXISTED FROM AT LEAST CIRCA 1914 TO PRESENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READS "THE/ ESTERLINE-ANGUS/ COMPANY, INC./ INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U.S.A."/ PLATE INSIDE CASING READS "ESTERLINE-ANGUS GRAPHIC AMMETER/ FOR USEON D.C./ THE ESTERLINE-ANGUS COMPANY, INC./ INDIANAPOLIS, IND./ MODEL AW/ U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 127375" WITH "MAX CIRCUIT/ VOLTAGE: 750/ FULL-SCALE/ MILLIVOLTS/ AT METER" & "FULL-SCALE/ MILLI-AMPS/ 1.0"/ PLATE ON CHART DRIVE READS "CHART DRIVE/ THE ESTERLINE-ANGUS CO., INC./ INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U.S.A./ SERIAL NO./ 127375/ STYLE NO. 80 M"/ PLATE ON INTERIOR PART READS "STYLE NO. 424A 127375/ MEASURING ELEMENT/ THE ESTERLINE-ANGUS CO., INC"/ PLATE ON TOP READS "MADE IN U.S.A."/*see decoration

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

EXTERIOR PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ BLACK HANDLE, GASKET/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE PAPER

Decoration

MARKINGS: BLUE LETTERING ON CHART READS " ESTERLINE ANGUS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U.S.A. CHART NO. 4310-C"/ LABEL ON TOP READS "PROPERTY OF CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE" & "FOREST FIRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OTTAWA. ONTARIO"