Hygrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- hygroscopic/hair
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0135.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Lambrecht, Wilh. KG
- MODEL
- Pernix
- LOCATION
- Göttingen, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 490721
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal hygrometer casing and parts/ metal dial cover, synthetic window/ bundle of possible hair
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.5 cm
- Width
- 10.1 cm
- Height
- 9.8 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
- Lambrecht
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Göttingen
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- mid 1980s +
- Canada
-
A German made hair hygrometer used as part of the Canadian Maps II automated observing station. - Function
-
An instrument used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere by measuring the change in the length of a bundle of human hair as it absorbs water vapour, used at an automated meteorological observing station. The readings were transmitted to a connected data collection platform. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- black lettering on white dial face reads in part ' % rel. Feuchte/ 490721/ 5-100-5' with scale for 0 to 100 and 'PERNIX/ Made in Germany'
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Textured grey painted casing exterior/ grey painted dial cover with white face, colourless transparent cover
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lambrecht, Wilh. KG, Hygrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2009.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2009.0135.007/
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