Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/SURVEYING/PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0738.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason Ltd.
- MODEL
- D.L.S SPECIAL
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 12011
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING/ METAL WORKS/ SILVER METAL DIAL/ BEVELED GLASS FACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 3.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric pressure measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Short Mason
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT USED BY THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. COLLECTION WAS IN POSSESSION OF NRC SINCE 1930'S. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, A METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EVACUATED OF AIR, AT A GIVEN ALTITUDE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING INFO. PRINTED ON DIAL: 'NO. 12022./ COMPENSATED/ THE TOPLEY COMPANY OTTAWA CANADA/ "D.L.S." SPECIAL'/ LARGE 'T' PRINTED ON DIAL CENTRE/ SHORT & MASON LOGO APPEARS BELOW MFR'S LOGO/ 'T.S. 1338' STAMPED ON BACK CASING
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT From CA of 11/09/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- DARK LACQUERED FINISH APPLIED TO CASING/ BLACK PRINT ON SILVER METAL DIAL/ BLUED METAL NEEDLE
- Decoration
- GRADUATED CYLINDER OF 0-12,000 FT. & 20-31 IN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON DIAL
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Short & Mason Ltd., Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0738, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0738.001/
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