Manometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLAIN/U
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0224.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MERIAM INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- B-2856
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- H56721
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASES AND METAL SCALE/ GLASS TUBE/ COMES IN A WOODEN STORAGE BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ GLASS BOTTLE WITH METAL LID AND PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 147.0 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Pneumatics & air pressure
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MERIAM
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE WAS USED FROM THE 1950S TO THE 1970S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT USED IN THE STANDARDS BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN GOVT. IN OTTAWA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE. IT IS A PRECISE LOW PRESSURE STANDARD WHICH WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOW PRESSURE FLOW PROVER TO ACCURATELY SET FLOWRATES BASED ON PRESSURE [REF 1] - Technical
-
THE INSTRUMENT HAS A GLASS U-TUBE FILLED WITH WATER, MERCURY OR A SPECIAL OIL MADE FROM FISH. PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO ONE END OF THE U-TUBE AND PRESSURE IN INCHES AND TENTHS OF INCHES IS READ ON THE OTHER LEG. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFG'S PLATE: 'THE/ MERIAM INSTRUMENT/ CO./ TYPE U/ MODEL B-2856/ SER. NO. H56721/ RANGE 100/ CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A.'/ PRINTED ON THE SCALE: 'RB-3202 READ INCHES AND TENTHS THE MERIAM INSTRUMENT CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A.'/ THREE SCALES: '0 TO 50' '25 TO 0 TO 25' '25 TO 0 TO 19'/ PLATE ON SIDE: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ STANDARDS DIVISION/ INSPECTION STANDARD NO. G323A'/.2 PRINTED ON THE SCALE: 'RC-4406 READ INCHES AND TENTHS'/ TWO SCALES: '0 TO 50' '0 TO 50'/ PLATE ON SIDE: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE/ STANDARDS DIVISION/ INSPECTION STANDARD NO. G323B'/.3 LABEL INCLUDES: 'MERIAM 175/ BLUE FLUID/ SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.75/ [CAUTION & FIRST AID INSTRUCTIONS]'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - some padding missing from case; .003 accompanied by fax copy of MSDS
- Finish
- CASE FINISHED IN MATTE BLACK TEXTURED FINISH/ SCALE WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING/ WOOD ON BOX UNFINISHED/ CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE WITH WHITE LID AND LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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MERIAM INSTRUMENT CO., Manometer, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1997.0224, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0224.001/
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