Altimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NO SIGHT/HAND/POCKET
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1184.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Carling Simplex Measurements Reg'd
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM/ SYNTHETIC RULE & COVER/ GLASS BUBBLE LEVEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.3 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- 1.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Carling
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF TREES, BUILDINGS, CHIMNEYS, TOWERS, BRIDGES ETC. OR ANY MEASUREMENT OF ELEVATION, EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW EYE-LEVEL AND AT ANY REASONABLE DISTANCE. - Technical
-
INEXPENSIVE AND SIMPLE DEVICE DEVELOPED TO ENABLE ANYONE TO ESTIMATE THE HEIGHTS OF VARIOUS OBJECTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RULE GRADUATED FROM 1 TO 9
- Missing
- No apparent missing components.
- Finish
- CASE BLACK WRINKLE FINISH/ YELLOW RULE WITH BLACK LETTERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Carling Simplex Measurements Reg'd, Altimeter, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1988.1184, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1184.001/
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