General Information

Serial #

467

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

resistance thermometer

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal rod, handle and parts/ synthetic wire covering and parts

Dimensions

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

Length

56.0 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

2.3 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Temperature

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROSEMOUNT

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

Minneapolis

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

An instrument used in the Calibration Unit of the Instrument Division of the Meteorological Branch of the Department of Transport of the Government of Canada. The Meteorological Branch became the Atmospheric Environment Service in 1971 and so this instrument was probably manufactured before that date. 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 in a meteorological instrument laboratory to calibrate thermometers.

Technical

This platinum resistance temperature standard has a temperature range of -200 to +500 degrees Celsius and a pressure range: 0 to 200 psia. The tube is sheathed in metal rather than glass. The Rosemount Engineering Co. was formed in 1956 to manufacture temperature sensors for the U.S. aircraft, later branching out into the manufacture of other products (Ref. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

white lettering on handle reads 'MODEL 162 C TEMPERATURE STANDARD/ REC [logo]/ PLATINUM RESISTANCE/ TEMP. RANGE: -200 [degrees] TO +500 [degrees] C./ PRESSURE RANGE: O TO 200 psia/ SERIAL NO. 467/ ROSEMOUNT ENGINEERING COMPANY/ MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA' / label on handle reads ‘GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ CALIBRATION UNIT/ C16-061B SER. 467/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'

Missing

appears complete

Finish

plated rod, handle, springs and parts/grey wire covering/ black synthetic parts/ gold coloured metal connectors

Decoration

N/A