Manometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- U-TUBE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0367.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS U-TUBE ON MIRRORED GLASS SCALE/ WOOD FRAME WITH METAL HARDWARE/ MERCURY/ RUBBER PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 117.0 cm
- Width
- 8.2 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Pneumatics & air pressure
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED IN CHEMISTRY DIVISION. - Function
-
U-SHAPED TUBE USED TO MEASURE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE BETWEEN TWO FLUIDS. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO DETERMINE PRESSURE OF GAS USING WEIGHT OF MERCURY IN U-TUBE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT MADE AT NRC FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE/ MIRRORED SCALE/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED WOOD/ RED RUBBER
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Manometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0367, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0367.001/
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