General Information

Serial #

38,853

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Synthetic, metal, wood

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

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Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Guildline

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Smiths Falls

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

1973 -

Canada

Taken from acquisition worksheet: "Tim Dauphinee a physicist at the National Research Council of Canada, in collaboration with the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Guildline Instruments Ltd. invented the Autosal."

Function

An instrument for measuring salt content in ocean water.

Technical

Taken from acquisition worksheet: "This instrument was a major breakthrough, allowing the accurate measurement of the amount of salt in seawater; The changes in the amount of salt in ocean water have a huge impact on climate, ocean movements and currents and marine ecosystems; The use of this instrument led to the creation of an international standard for salt measurement. The Autosal allowed scientists to take salt measurements while in the field, in an automated way.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate reads: "Guildline Instruments Ltd./ Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada", "S[/]N 38,853/ MODEL 8400" and "This instrument is covered by one or more of the following patents. Print on front panel reads "MODEL 8400/ PROTOTYPE" and "[logo] GUILDLINE". Other print associated to knobs, and controls reads "SUPPRESION", "DATA LOG", "POWER", "PUMPS", "COND", "BOTTLE", "FUNCTION", "SBY/ READ/ ZERO" and "FLOW RATE". The control panel at the top has two gauges.

Missing

Unknown

Finish

Wood look synthetic? cabinet laminated on a wood core with metal components and synthetic knobs. Inside the instrument are motors, air pumps, cables and wires.

Decoration

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