General Information

Serial #

124

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL CASING/ GLASS DIAL COVER/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.5 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

6.5 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

HICKS

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

A BRITISH MADE BAROMETER USED BY THE DOMINON OBSERVATORY, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1905. IT IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMETS ACQUIRED BY NRC IN THE 1930'S

Function

AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, OR METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EXHAUSTED OF AIR. THIS IS A MOUNTAIN BAROMETER, USED TO MEASURE ELEVATION.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READS `WATKIN MOUNTAINANEROID/ Compensated [IN SCRIPT]/ NO.124/ J. HICKS/ 8,9,&10 Hatton Garden [IN SCRIPT]/ LONDON/ PATENT' & SCALE MARKINGS FOR 18 TO 31 IN. & 0 TO 15,000 FT./ INCISED `Dom. Obs./ 16' ON CASING SIDE & `3985' ON BACK/ CASE STAMPED `DOM.OBS/ 16' & PAINTED BLACK `16.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

METALLIC CASING/ GREY? DIAL FACE/ BLACK INDICATOR HAND/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BROWN CASE

Decoration

N/A