Tester, ice
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HOUNSFIELD TENSOMETER
- DATE
- 1950–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0048.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tensometer Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Croydon, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- W 3285
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL CASING & PARTS; GLASS MERCURY TUBE; SYNTHETIC TUBE MOUNTING; MERCURY/.2 METAL WITH WOOD HANDLES/.3 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Tensometer
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Croydon
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950S
- Canada
-
FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. USED BY DR. LORNE GOLD OF NRC & OTHER RESEARCHERS TO TEST LOAD BEARING IN BEAUFORT SEA WHEN DEVELOPMENT WAS WAS CONTEMPLATED IN 1950S PRIOR TO OIL DRILLING. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED FOR TESTING COMPRESSION & TENSION OF ICE, TO TEST LOAD BEARING OF FRESH WATER & SEA ICE. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF ICE TESTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING COMPRESSION & TENSION, USED TO TEST LOAD BEARING OF ICE FIRST WITH FRESH WATER ICE & LATER SEA ICE. IT WAS USED IN COOL ROOM AT NRC & IN FIELD. POLARIMETERS & MICROSCOPES WERE USED AS WELL TO ANALYSE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OFICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE READING "HOUNSFIELD TENSOMETER/ Serial No. W 3285; TENSOMETER LIMITED/ 81, MORLAND ROAD, CROYDON/ MADE IN ENGLAND"; SCALE WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "D198" & " FORCE EN K.G." WITH CALIBRATIONS FOR 0 10 120/ PLATE READING "SOLD BY/ MAWER SALES LTD./ OAKVILLE, ONTARIO"; PLATE READING "OIL MERCURY/ PISTON MONTHLY/ SEE MANUAL/ PARA 413"/.3 PLATE READING "HOUNSFIELD TENSOMETER/ Serial No. W 3285; TENSOMETER LIMITED/ 81, MORLAND ROAD, CROYDON/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED GREY WITH METALLIC PARTS; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT MERCURY TUBE ON BRUSHED METAL SCALE; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/.2 PAINTED GREY WITH BLACK PAINTED HANDLES/.3 PAINTED GREY WITH BLACK HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tensometer Ltd., Tester, ice, between 1950–1960, Artifact no. 2003.0048, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0048.001/
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