Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/MSC FIXED CISTERN/MB
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0337.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- MODEL
- BE 70
- LOCATION
- Downsview, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 632
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL CASING & OUTER TUBE WITH METAL PARTS/ FERROUS METAL BASE/ GLASS BAROMETER & THERMOMETER TUBES/ SYNTHETIC SCALE COVER/ MERCURY IN BAROMETER & THERMOMETER TUBES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 103.5 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
- Environment CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Downsview
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970S-1980S +
- Canada
-
1970S VERSION OF CANADIAN BAROMETER ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1930'S BY DR. JOHN PATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF MSC 1928-1946, & USED EXTENSIVELY BY MSC. FROM 1940S IT WASSTATION BAROMETER AT CANADIAN OBSERVING STATIONS & SEVERAL VERSIONS, INCLUDING MOUNTAIN & MARINE INSTRUMENTS, WERE PRODUCED BY MSC IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY, OF TYPE USED IN METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVING STATIONS. - Technical
-
SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SIMPLICITY OF READING OF FIXED CISTERN BAROMETER & EASE OF TRANSPORT OF ADJUSTABLE CISTERN TYPE. INSTRUMENT HAS PLUNGER AT BASE THAT CAN BE RAISED TO FILL CISTERN & TUBE DURING TRANSPORT; WHEN IN USED SCREW HOLDING PLUNGER IS REMOVED TO RELEASE LEATHER BAG & IS REPLACED BY PLUG. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE FOR 870 TO 1110 MB, & READING "BE 70/ 632"/ WHITE "[DEGREES] F." ON THERMOMETER CASING/ INCISED BLACK MARKINGS & LETTERING ON THERMOMETER TUBE FOR 10 TO 120 F./ GREY LABELS READ "TRUE MILLIBARS/ 0 [DEGREES] AND 980.665 CM./SEC. [SQUARED]" & "Environment/ Canada/ Atmospheric/ Environment" & "Environnement/ Canada/ Environnement/ atmospherique"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 04/28/2004 by Sue Warren: No - Complete
- Finish
- GLOSSY GREEN PAINTED EXTERIOR/ GREY SCALE TUBE/ PLATED BASE & PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED THERMOMETER CASING & PARTS/ PLATED PARTS/ YELLOW BACKED THERMOMETER/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS & SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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