Case, instrument

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OBJECT TYPE: thermometer
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0326.015

MANUFACTURER: CANLAB
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 15
Total Parts: 16
AKA: Thermometer tube
Patents: N/A
General Description: plastic

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 41.5 cm
Width: 1.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.4 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Atmospheric temperature measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: CANLAB
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: Protective case for a thermometer.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: red logo reading 'canlab' with handwritten 'W3237-526' on one label/ red and black lettering on second label reads in part 'CATALOGUE No. 27631304'
Missing: complete
Finish: colourless transparent tube with blue ends/ paper labels
Decoration: N/A

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CANLAB, Case, instrument, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0326, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0326.015/

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