Gauge, rain
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- OBJECT TYPE
- non-recording
- DATE
- 1960–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0063.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- Standard
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- inner copper cylinder [.2]
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A copper cylinder.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 24.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1970-1990
- Canada
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From a collection of instruments used at Meteorological Services of Canada observing station at Parks Canada Warden Office in Rogers Pass National Historic Site, Glacier National Park, B.C. Used by Parks Canada staff to measure and record rain fall, to track weather patterns, create avalanche forecasts/bulletins, and etc along the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway transportation corridor. - Function
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Example of a Meteorological Services Canada (MSC) standard rain gauge used to collect and measure rainfall. - Technical
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This complete rain gauge was either made by or made for the Meteorological Services of Canada. It consists of a copper main vessel on circular stand with cover, a second copper vessel with a vertical slit as well as the plastic inner vessel which collects rain for measurement. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- Nothing is missing.
- Finish
- The inner copper cylinder.
- Decoration
- None.
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Meteorological Service of Canada, Gauge, rain, between 1960–1970, Artifact no. 2013.0063, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0063.002/
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