Gauge, rain
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDING/TIPPING BUCKET/MECHANICAL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0490.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason
- MODEL
- B
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- B 9940
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON? BASE/ METAL CASING WITH HINGED LID, INNER PLATFORM FOR MECHANISM/ GLASS WINDOW/ METAL (COPPER?) TIPPING BUCKET & GEAR MECHANISMS/ BRASS? DRUM & CLOCK/ METAL PEN ARM, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.5 cm
- Width
- 19.1 cm
- Height
- 46.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Short Mason
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI. FOUNDED IN 1918,IT WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1995. PNFI STUDIED GROWTH OF VARIOUS SPECIES & FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT COLLECTS, MEASURES & RECORDS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ON PAPER CHART. THIS TYPE WAS USED IN FORESTRY SERVICE IN FIRE WEATHER STATIONS WHERE OBSERVER WAS NOT ALWAYS ON DUTY; RAINFALL LEVELS WERE NEEDED TO CALCULATE FOREST FIRE DANGER INDEX. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MECHANICAL TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE, IN WHICH TIPPING OF BUCKET IS TRANSMITTED BY SYSTEM OF GEARED WHEELS & LEVERS TO PEN ARM. SIMILAR SHORT & MASON RAIN GAUGES APPEAR IN CATALOGUES OF 1938, 1953, & 1960'S (REF.). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED LETTERING ON CASING FRONT READS "RECORDING/ RAIN GAUGE/ THE ONTARIO HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD./ OTTAWA CANADA/ MADE BY/ SHORT & MASON/ LONDON/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ CHART NO. 121/21 SERIAL NO. B9940"/ GREEN LABEL INSIDE READS "DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY/ SERIAL No. 09522"/ LABEL ON COLLECTOR READS "FIRE RESEARCH"/ HANDWRITTEN LABELS ON COLLECTOR READ "29-6-76/ 04132" & "182286"
- Missing
- INK BOTTLE
- Finish
- EXTERIOR PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ GREY PAINTED INTERIOR PLATFORM/ COPPER COLOURED TIPPING BUCKET & GEAR MECHANISMS/ BRASS COLOURED DRUM & CLOCK MECHANISM/ METALLIC PEN ARM, PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Short & Mason, Gauge, rain, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0490, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0490.001/
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