Cradle, weighing

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2017.0126.010

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 10
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: An object primarily made of wood and metal elements/Un objet fait avec du matériel en bois et des éléments en métal.

Dimensions

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

Length: 114.0 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1970s-1980s
Canada: An example of a snow science instrument reported to come from the Atmospheric Environment Service of Environment Canada and used for sampling ground snow load and runoff to lakes and rivers, then acquired, used, and possibly subsequently modified by the NRC for sampling snow on roof surfaces. Un exemple de la science des instruments de neige. L'objet était possiblement utilisé par Atmospheric Environment Service de Environment Canada pour prendre des échantillons de neige pour des rivières et des lacs. Cet objet a ensuite été acquis et utilisé par le NRC et a possiblement a été modifié pour mesurer et prendre des échantillons de neige sur la surfaces des toits.
Function: Used to suspend a pull gauge (2017.0126.008) and a weighing cradle (2017.0126.009) to help measure the weight of an extracted snow sample collected in a sampling tube. Utilisé pour suspendre un jauge de traction (2017.0126.008) et un berceau de pesés (2017.0126.009) pour mesurer le poids d’un échantillon de neige collecter dans le tuyau d’un échantillonneur de neige.
Technical: An example of a snow science instrument used in Canada for measuring and sampling the various physical properties of snow. Un exemple de la science de neiges utilisé au Canada pour mesurer et prendre des échantillons de les propriétés physique de la neige.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent/L'objet n'a pas de marque
Missing: None apparent/L'objet a toutes ces pièces
Finish: A long cylindrical brown wooden object with a metal threaded end and a single wing nut. Un objet long en bois de couleur brune en forme cylindrique avec un métal fileter et un écrou papillon.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cradle, weighing, circa 1970, Artifact no. 2017.0126, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2017.0126.010/

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