Planimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPENSATING/ADJUSTABLE ARM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0352.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUGHES-OWENS
- MODEL
- 65
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 17130
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL/ SYNTHETIC SCALES/ WOOD? BOX WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING, FABIC LINING, METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.4 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 4.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE MECHANICALLY AREA OF ANY CLOSED PLANE FIGURE OR IRREGULAR SHAPE ON DRAWING OR MAP. - Technical
-
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF DEVICE TO MEASURE AREAS FROM DRAWINGS & MAPS. DESIGN EVOLVED FROM PROFESSOR JACOB ANSLER'S 1856 PLANIMETER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED "17130" & LINEAR SCALE; INCISED BLACK MARKINGS ON CIRCULAR SCALES/.2 INCISED "Made in Germany", "Hughes-Owens", Nr. 65"/.3 INCISED ".9990 [SQUARE] mm"/ GOLD "Hughes-Owens" ON CASE TOP
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- MOTTLEDGREY PAINTED & PLATED PLANIMETER/ WHITE SCALES/ BLACK BOX COVERING, RED LINING, PLATED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- N/A
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HUGHES-OWENS, Planimeter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0352, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0352.001/
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