Scale, sunshine

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OBJECT TYPE
duration
DATE
1971–2000
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2009.0130.001
MANUFACTURER
EC Atmospheric Environment Service
MODEL
Sunshine Scale/26-1687/811
LOCATION
Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Synthetic

Dimensions

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

Length
12.7 cm
Width
8.1 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Sunshine intensity & duration measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Environment CA
Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
1970s-1980s
Canada
A scale used with the type of sunshine recorded used by Canadian Meteorological Service in Canadian Climate Studies; Campbell-Stokes Recorders have been used in Canada since at least the 1920s A piece of meteorological equipment from a large collection of meteorological instruments used by the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) and acquired 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 device used to measure burnt paper from a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder, an instrument that measure the duration of sunshine.
Technical
The Campbell-Stokes recorder is basically a recording sundial, invented in 1853 and adapted to use paper charts in 1879. The recorder's sphere of optical glass collects sunshine, which burns a track in a specially prepared card. The plastic scale is laid on the burnt paper to measure the number of hours for which the sun's rays shone.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Black lettering reads 'ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE/ DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT - CANADA/ SUNSHINE SCALE/ Tenths of Hours' and 'STOCK NO./ 0026-1687/ No. 811'/ black markings for scale
Missing
Complete
Finish
Colourless and transparent
Decoration
N/A

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