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

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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
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
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
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
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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