Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/PRIMARY-SECONDARY
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0342.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HASS INSTRUMENT CORP.
- MODEL
- PRI-SEC/MK.II
- LOCATION
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 2894
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE/ METAL FRAME & PARTS/ GLASS TUBES CONTAINING MERCURY/ RUBBER HOSE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS & POWER CORDS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.7 cm
- Width
- 45.5 cm
- Height
- 105.0 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
- HASS
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- District of Columbia
- City
- Washington
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1970S +
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT USED AS STANDARD TO CALIBRATE MERCURY BAROMETERS BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA. - Function
-
GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY. THIS COMBINATION PRIMARY-SECONDARY BAROMETER WAS USED TO CALIBRATE MERCURY BAROMETERS IN METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT LABORATORY. - Technical
-
INSTRUMENT WHICH FUNCTIONED AS BOTH PRIMARY & SECONDARY STANDARD FOR USE IN CALIBRATION LABORATORY. PRIMARY STANDARDUSED TRUE INCH SCALE GRADUATIONS & CISTERN MICROMETER. SECONDARY STANDARD WAS NON-ADJUSTABLE CISTERN BAROMETER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BASE READING "PRI-SEC BAROMETER/ MODEL NO. MARK II/ RANGE: 0-31 IN. HG./ SERIAL NO. 2894/ MFD. UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING/ U.S. PATENTS: 2,542,671; 2,570,943; 2,882,520/ HASS INSTRUMENT CORP./ WASHINGTON D.C. - MADE IN U.S.A." WITH HASS LOGO/ LABEL ON BASE READING "GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ 016-080 2894/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT"/ LABEL ON INSTRUMENT READING "GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ 016-080A/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN From CA of 04/28/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- GREY PAINTED BASE & PARTS/ PLATED FRAME & PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK RUBBER & SYNTHETIC/ WHITE SYNTHETIC SCALES
- Decoration
- N/A
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HASS INSTRUMENT CORP., Barometer, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 2002.0342, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0342.001/
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