Hygrothermograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BIMETAL-HAIR/INTERNAL-EXTERNAL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0840.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Short & Mason
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- L1747
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE & CASING, BIMETAL, SENSOR & RECORDING MECHANISMS, CLOCK & DRUM, PARTS/ GLASS WINDOW/ HAIR/ PAPER CHART ON DRUM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.5 cm
- Width
- 13.1 cm
- Height
- 20.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Combination instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Short Mason
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU, TO MONITOR INTERIOR TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY. THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED WITH PAPER TESTINGINSTRUMENTS 970817-821; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY WAS DESIRABLE IN PAPER TESTING LABORATORY TO OBTAIN CONSISTENT TEST RESULTS (REF. 3). - Function
-
DUAL FUNCTION INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES & RECORDS ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY & TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF THEIR EFFECT ON A HAIR BUNDLE HUMIDITY SENSOR & BIMETAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR RESPECTIVELY. USED BY PRINTING BUREAU, POSSIBLY TO MONITOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PAPER TESTING LABORATORY OR PRINTING SHOP. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DUAL-FUNCTION METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTERNAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR FORMED BY HELIX OF BIMETALLIC METAL WHICH COILS & UNCOILS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, & EXTERNAL HUMIDITY SENSOR FORMED BY BUNDLE OF SPECIALLY TREATED HUMAN HAIR WHICH CHANGES ITS LENGTH IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN HUMIDITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON COVER FRONT READS "SHORT & MASON/ LONDON/ MADE IN ENGLAND", "CHART NO. 229", "No L 1747"/ INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON INTERIOR MECHANISM READS "REG No 476369"/ RED & BLACK NUMBERS & MARKINGS ON CHART
- Missing
- 2 BOTTLES OF INK
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED BASE WITH WHITE INTERIOR/ COPPER COLOURED COVER WITH GOLD COLOURED HANDLE/ GOLD COLOURED INK BOTTLE HOLDERS/ GOLD COLOURED, PLATED & BLACK PAINTED BIMETAL & HUMIDITY SENSOR MECHANISMS/ WHITE PAPER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Short & Mason, Hygrothermograph, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0840, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0840.001/
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