General Information

Serial #

58

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COPPER RECEIVER UNIT & BASE/ BRASS BAND & TIPPING BUCKET MECHANISM/ MERCURY SWITCH/ METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WIRING & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

27.0 cm

Height

62.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Fire fighting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. FROM COLLECTION OF FORESTRY & FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED BY & ACQUIRED FROM PNFI, WHICH WAS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FORESTRY-RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA FROM 1918-1995. PNFI STUDIED SPECIES GROWTH &FOREST MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FIRE PREVENTION & SUPPRESSION.

Function

INSTRUMENT THAT COLLECTS & MEASURES AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL, CONVEYING DATA BY MEANS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO GRAPHIC RECORDER.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA ELECTRICAL 10 INCH RAIN GAUGE, CLOSELY RESEMBLING MSC RAIN GAUGE 660478 & 870612 MODEL B-2 IN CONSTRUCTION OF TIPPING BUCKET MECHANISM. B-2 TYPE APPEARED C. 1961 & BY 1965 HAD REPLACED PRECEDING TYPES B & B-1 PREDECESSORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED "58" ON TIPPING BUCKET BAND & ON BASE/ LABEL ATTACHED TO TIPPING BUCKET FRAME READS "DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY/ ?AL NO. 00108"/ SECOND LABEL WITH ILLEGIBLE HAND PRINTING READS "CALIBRATION"

Missing

TIPPING BUCKETS

Finish

GREY PAINTED BASE/ COPPER COLOURED RECEIVER

Decoration

N/A