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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0177.011

MANUFACTURER: DYNAMETRICS CORP.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 11
Total Parts: 53
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal weight

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Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Pneumatics & air pressure
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Manufacturer

AKA: DYNAMETRICS
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED BY THE GAS LABORATORY FROM 1967 TO THE EARLY 1980S
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE GAS LABORATORY OF THE STANDARDS DIVISION IN OTTAWA
Function: Unknown
Technical: THE BASE AND GLASS DOME IS USED TO MOUNT THE VARIOUS PISTON/PLATTER COMBINATIONS WHILE NOT BEING DISTURBED BY AIR CURRENTS. PROBABLY STOPPED BEING USED BECAUSEHIGHER PRESSURES WERE REQUIRED OR AVAILABLE ON OTHER TESTERS, AND THIS SYSTEM WAS PRONE TO LEAKS. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

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Markings: N/A
Missing: From CA of 11/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing "blank off plate" from top tier, case for parts 3-53
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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DYNAMETRICS CORP., Weight, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1997.0177, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0177.011/

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