Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/MSC FIXED CISTERN/PLASTIC/MB
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0341.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, BASE, SCALE COVER, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ GLASS BAROMETER & THERMOMETER TUBES/ MERCURY IN BAROMETER & THERMOMETER TUBES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 99.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric pressure measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF CANADIAN BAROMETER ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1930'S BY DR. JOHN PATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF MSC 1928-1946, & USED EXTENSIVELY BY MSC UNTIL AT LEAST 1970'S. FROM 1940S IT WAS STATION BAROMETER AT CANADIAN OBSERVING STATIONS & SEVERAL SPECIALIZED VERSIONS WERE PRODUCED BY MSC INSUBSEQUENT YEARS. - Function
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EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY. IT COULD ALSO BE USED TO ILLUSTRATE & DEMONSTRATE FUNCTIONING OF MERCURY BAROMETER. - Technical
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BAROMETER ILLUSTRATES SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SIMPLICITY OF READING OF FIXED CISTERN BAROMETER & EASE OF TRANSPORT OF ABLE CISTERN TYPE. IT HAS PLUNGER AT BASE THAT CAN BE RAISED TO FILL CISTERN & TUBE DURING TRANSPORT; WHEN IN USED SCREW HOLDING PLUNGER IS REMOVED TO RELEASE LEATHER BAG & IS REPLACED BY PLUG. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE FOR 850 TO 1100 MB, & READING "M.S.C./ P-3-63"/ WHITE "FAHRENHEIT." ON THERMOMETER CASING/ INCISED BLACK MARKINGS & LETTERING ON THERMOMETER TUBE FOR 10 TO 120 F.. & READING "HB [LOGO] USA"/ LABEL READS "TRUE MILLIBARS/ 0 [DEGREES] AND 980.665 CM./SEC. [SQUARED]"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 04/28/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CASING, BASE, SCALE COVER, GLASS/ GREY SCALE TUBE/ PLATED & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ METALLIC THERMOMETER CASING/ WHITE BACKED THERMOMETER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0341, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0341.001/
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