Recorder, rain gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0123.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- C
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 255-61
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (ALUMINUM BASE)/ PLASTIC COVER/ METAL MECHANISM/ PAPER CHART/ SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING/ RUBBER? FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.5 cm
- Width
- 21.2 cm
- Height
- 20.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVATORIES, AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE EVENT RECORDER DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1930'S FOR USE AS ANEMOGRAPHS & RAIN GAUGE RECORDERS. THE LATTER HAVE 1 PEN MECHANISM AS OPPOSED TO 3 ON THE ANEMOGRAPH. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS ON A PAPER CHART MEASUREMENTS OF AMOUNTS OFRAINFALL MADE BY A SEPARATE RAIN GAUGE. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A LATER (AT LEAST 1960'S) VERSION OF THE M.S.C. RAIN GAUGE RECORDER, WHICH PROBABLY FOLLOWED THE TYPE B INSTRUMENT STILL IN USE IN 1961. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READING 'M.S.C./ R/G RECORDER/ TYPE C 255-61'/ HANDWRITTEN '#253' ON BASE/ CLOCK STAMPED IN BLACK 'CU69-1362'/ LABEL ORIGINALLY AFFIXED TO BASE READS: '29 AUG 73/ CU69-1362/ OT-VIBROGRAF'/ GREEN PRINTED CHART READS 'RECORDING RAIN GAUGE/ DAILY CHART 99 FEUILLE JOURNALIERE/ PLUVIOMETRE ENREGISTREUR/ (SI)'
- Missing
- From CA of 12/02/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- GREEN ENAMEL PAINTED BASE/ BLACK PAINTED, GREY, & PLATED MECHANISM PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED DRUM/ METALLIC CLOCK EXTERIOR/ WHITE PAPER/ BLACK WIRING
- Decoration
- N/A
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