Test kit, humidity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COBALT THIOCYANATE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0996.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TINTOMETER LTD.
- MODEL
- LOVIBOND
- LOCATION
- Salisbury, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- COMPARATOR STAND
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD WITH METAL INSETS/ PORCELAIN TRAY/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.5 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 21.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric humidity measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TINTOMETER
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Salisbury
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1950'S TO 1970'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO ESTIMATE THE ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY IN SMALL SPACES OR CREVICES AND ALSO FOR DETERMINING HUMIDITY AGAINST SURFACES WHICH MAY NOT BE IN A MOISTURE EQUILIBRIUM WITH THE ATMOSPHERE - Technical
-
A SIMPLE AND EASY HUMIDITY TEST WITH AN ACCURACY OF + OR - 5% FOR HUMIDITIES OF 100% DOWN TO 60%, AND AN ACCURACY OF + OR - 10% FOR LOWER HUMIDITIES, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ELABORATE EQUIPMENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE: 'SURFACE/ COMPARATOR/ MADE BY/ THE TINTOMETER LTD./ SALISBURY, ENGLAND.'/ CASE: PLATE ON TOP READS `HUMIDITY/ TESTING KIT/ MADE BY/ THE TINTOMETER LTD./ SALISBURY, ENGLAND'
- Missing
- 500 SQ. CM. COBALT THIOCYANATE PAPER/ PAIR OF FORCEPS
- Finish
- .1 BLACK GLOSSY PAINT WITH WHITE PROCELAIN TRAY/ CASE: GREY TEXTURED PAINT ON OUTSIDE AND RED PLUSH INTERIOR
- Decoration
- N/A
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TINTOMETER LTD., Test kit, humidity, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1988.0996, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0996.001/
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