General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ROLLED COPPER CYLINDERS

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

14.0 cm

Height

32.2 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Silviculture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI. FOUNDED IN 1918, IT WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1995. PNFI STUDIED GROWTH OF VARIOUS SPECIES & FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION.

Function

VESSEL USED TO COLLECT RAINFALL WHICH IS THEN POURED INTO GRADUATE FOR MEASUREMENT. THESE WERE USED BY CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO OBTAIN MEASUREMENTS OF RAINFALL IN ORDER TO DETERMINE RISK OF FOREST FIRE.

Technical

ACCORDING TO PNFI THIS IS STANDARD CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE RAIN GAUGE BUT MSC RAIN GAUGE OF 1929 WAS BRITISH METEOROLOGY OFFICE PATTERN & BY 1941 MSC WAS USING ITS OWN 3.5 IN DIAMETER GAUGE. THIS EXAMPLE IS SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE TO MSC RAIN GAUGE & APPEARS TO RESEMBLE SYMONS RAIN GAUGE ILLUSTRATED IN CANADIAN FORESTRY EQUIPMENT LTD. CATALOGUE (SEE REF.). ACCORDING TO CANADIAN METEOROLOGIST KEN DEVINE, THIS IS A 5" RAIN GAUGE WHICH IS TYPICAL OF BRITISH DESIGNS AND MAY BE A SNOWDON GAUGE (REF. 3).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

GLASS GRADUATE?

Finish

COPPER COLOURED/ WHITE PAINTED FUNNEL EXTERIOR

Decoration

N/A