Clinometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND HELD
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0739.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Div.
- MODEL
- A
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- A-14
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON TUBE & BACK/ SHEET METAL SCALES/ BRASS PARTS/ SYNTHETIC EYEPIECE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.6 cm
- Width
- 30.8 cm
- Height
- 9.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Cloud height & motion measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MSC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
AN ALTITUDE MEASURING INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE CLOUD HEIGHT BY MEASURING THE ANGULAR ELEVATION OF A SPOT OF LIGHT PROJECTED ON TO THE CLOUD BASE. - Technical
-
THE MSC TYPE A CLINOMETER WAS IN USE IN THE EARLY 1950'S & WAS OBSOLETE BY 1958; THE MSC LITERATURE DOES NOT MENTION A SUCCESSOR, SUGGESTING THAT THE CLINOMETER PASSED OF OF USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised white lettering reading 'CANADA - DEPT. OF TRANSPORT/ METEOROLOGICAL DIV./ CLINOMETER A-14'/ yellow and white incisedmarkings and letterings on two scales.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/24/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL PAINTED TUBE, CLAMPING HANDLE, AND BACK/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED SCALES/ BLACK EYEPIECE
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Meteorological Div., Clinometer, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1987.0739, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0739.001/
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