Altimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- 1925–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0357.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zenith
- MODEL
- Mk.Va
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 16713/W
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. non-ferrous metal - possibly aluminum; glass
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
- N/A
- Thickness
- 4.5 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 11.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zenith
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- the original user worked for Consolidate[d] Mining & Smelting during the late 1920's & early 1930's
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
measures & displays altitude (height above ground) at which airplane is flying - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on face reads: "HEIGHT/MARK V.A. No 16713/W/NON-LUMINOUS/ZENITH"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- painted black; white markings; numbers & needle on face
- Decoration
- none
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Zenith, Altimeter, between 1925–1935, Artifact no. 1999.0357, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0357.001/
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