General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal stand and frame/ glass tube containing a few beads of mercury

Dimensions

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

Length

20.2 cm

Width

18.0 cm

Height

22.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Edwards

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Crawley

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

early 1950's +

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

An instrument used to measure small changes in atmospheric pressure.

Technical

A British made manometer of the early 1950's.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering on scale reads 'EDWARDS HIGH VACUUM LTD./ CRAWLEY, SUSSEX', 'VACUSTAT/ TRADE MARK', 'PAT. NO. 681,195' and 'M.M. of Hg.' with scale markings for 0 to 10 mm

Missing

appears complete

Finish

mottled glossy grey painted finish/ colourless transparent glass/ white scale

Decoration

N/A