Dendrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRIPOD MOUNTED
- DATE
- 1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1075.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LYTH
- MODEL
- LILJENSTROM
- LOCATION
- Stockholm, Sweden
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ WOOD/ GLASS/ LEATHER STRAP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LYTH
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Stockholm
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED FROM 1930 TO 1954 BY THE CANADIAN FOREST SERVICE
- Canada
-
SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT USED IN FORESTRY SERVICE - Function
-
DESIGNED FOR MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF STANDING TREES, THE DIAMETER AT ANY POINT ON THE TRUNK, & THE LENGTH OF THE TOP SHOOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE VOLUME, GROWTH & VALUE OF TIMBER OF STANDING TREES - Technical
-
ALLOWS FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF TREES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON.1: STAMPED ON ANGLE PLATE: `INSTR. F.A.-B./ LYTH/ STOCKHOLM/ [2 GRADUATED SCALES]'/ ON EYEPIECE: `0 + 5'/.2 ON HANDLE: `5/ [DRAWING OF CROCODILE]'/ MFR'S PLATE IN LID: `LYTH/ STOCKHOLM'/ HANDWRITTEN IN LID: `LILJENSTROMS DENDROMETER/ FOREST SEVICE/ CANADA/ 1930'/ HANDWRITTEN ON SIDE OF BOX: `Liljenstrom's/ DENDROMETER'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED BOX/ BLACK DENDROMETER/ WINE FERRULE ON BRUSH
- Decoration
- N/A
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LYTH, Dendrometer, 1924, Artifact no. 1988.1075, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.1075.001/
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