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
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
Example of a Meteorological Services Canada (MSC) standard rain gauge used to collect and measure rainfall.
Technical
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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