Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/SURVEYING/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0739.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason Ltd.
- MODEL
- D.L.S. SPECIAL
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6047
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING/ SILVER METAL DIAL/ BEVELED GLASS
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
- 3.9 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. APPEARS ON DIAL: 'COMPENSATED'; '"D.L.S." SPECIAL/ THE TOPLEY COMPANY/ OTTAWA, ONT'/ SHORT & MASON LOGO APPEARS ON LOWER CENTRE OF DIAL/ '6047' & 'T.S. 1183' STAMPED ON BACK CASING
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT From CA of 11/09/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- LACQUERED (?) FINISH APPLIED TO CASING/ BLACK PRINT ON SILVER METAL DIAL
- Decoration
- GRADUATED SERIES OF 0-6,000 FT. &25-31 IN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON DIAL
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Short & Mason Ltd., Barometer, before 1930, Artifact no. 1984.0739, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0739.001/
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