Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0207.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 12026
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) CASING/ GLASS DIAL COVER/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ LEATHER CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.3 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 4.3 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
-
A BRITISH MADE BAROMETER USED BY THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. IT IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS ACQUIRED IN THE 1930'S - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ENEROID, OR METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EXHAUSTED OF AIR, USED IN MEASURING ELEVATION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL FACE READING `COMPENSATED', `LONDON' WITH SHORT & MASON LOGO, `MADE IN ENGLAND', WITH SCALE MARKINGS FOR 23 TO 30 IN. & 0 TO 8000 FT./ INCISED LETTERING ON BACK READING `T.S.1199' & `12026'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- MILITARY GREEN PAINTED CASING/ GREY DIAL FACE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BROWN LEATHER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Short & Mason, Barometer, before 1930, Artifact no. 1990.0207, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0207.001/
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