Gauge, air pressure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- 1915–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0340.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gnome & Rhone Engine Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. brass; wooden base with felt cushions on bottom
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.8 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Gnome Rhone
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Gnome & Rhone built airplane engines from 1915 to the late 1930's
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
measures air pressure & displays - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on face reads: "THE GNOME & RHONE ENGINE Co."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- brass coloured housing; light green face with black markings, logo & detail; needle has black hand & brass hub; dark brown base
- Decoration
- logo at centre of face has circular field between outstretched wings
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Gnome & Rhone Engine Co., Gauge, air pressure, between 1915–1939, Artifact no. 1999.0340, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0340.001/
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