Gauge, rain

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OBJECT TYPE: NON-RECORDING/SYMONS
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0491.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ROLLED COPPER CYLINDERS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 32.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Silviculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

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: VESSEL USED TO COLLECT RAINFALL WHICH IS THEN POURED INTO GRADUATE FOR MEASUREMENT. THESE WERE USED BY CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO OBTAIN MEASUREMENTS OF RAINFALL IN ORDER TO DETERMINE RISK OF FOREST FIRE.
Technical: ACCORDING TO PNFI THIS IS STANDARD CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE RAIN GAUGE BUT MSC RAIN GAUGE OF 1929 WAS BRITISH METEOROLOGY OFFICE PATTERN & BY 1941 MSC WAS USING ITS OWN 3.5 IN DIAMETER GAUGE. THIS EXAMPLE IS SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE TO MSC RAIN GAUGE & APPEARS TO RESEMBLE SYMONS RAIN GAUGE ILLUSTRATED IN CANADIAN FORESTRY EQUIPMENT LTD. CATALOGUE (SEE REF.). ACCORDING TO CANADIAN METEOROLOGIST KEN DEVINE, THIS IS A 5" RAIN GAUGE WHICH IS TYPICAL OF BRITISH DESIGNS AND MAY BE A SNOWDON GAUGE (REF. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: GLASS GRADUATE?
Finish: COPPER COLOURED
Decoration: N/A

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