Meter, specific gravity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAS CENTRIFUGE
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0178.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KIMRAY INC.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ METAL,GLASS AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ GLASS BOTTLE WITH LID AND PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KIMRAY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE USED FROM THE 1970S TO 1990S
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT WAS HAND MADE BY A COMPANY IN CALGARY AT THE COST OF $8000 EACH ESPECIALLY FOR THE STANDARDS DIVISION. THERE WAS ONE LOCATED IN EACH OF THE REGIONS OF CANADA - 5. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF NATURAL GAS [REF 1] - Technical
-
THIS IS A VERY MODERN INSTRUMENT THAT IS AN ADVANCE ON THE ARRCO BALANCE (970176) AND THE SCHLUETER BALANCE (970225). [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFG'S PLATE: 'KIMRAY/ INC/ GAS/ GRAVITOMETER/ RATIO/ L. MAN/ R. MAN'/ THERMOMETER SCALE: '1.2 1.1 1.0.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.3.4'/ PLATE ON BACK: 'Consumer and/ Corpoate Affairs/ NO. G-1750/ STANDARDS/ LABORATORY/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'/ STICKER ON BACK AND ON COVER: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ Holding unit/ 2213/ E.D.R./ 34,702/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'/ STICKER ON BASE: 'SEE CERTIFICATE/ VOIR CERTIFICAT'/.2 LABEL READS IN PART: 'NORMAL DECANE/ CAUTION.../ FIRST AID...'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ LACQUERED OR BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH WHITE LID AND WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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KIMRAY INC., Meter, specific gravity, circa 1975, Artifact no. 1997.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0178.001/
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