Hypsometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH ELEVATION THERMOMETER
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0732.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.9 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 4.2 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric temperature measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO VERIFY THE RELIABILITY OF A THERMOMETER FROM THE BOILING POINT OF WATER, FOR MOUNTAIN USE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black marking on thermometer scale reading 58 to 80 & 'm/m' and gold lettering on back reading 'Feingekuhlt Jenaer Normalglass'.
- Missing
- TWO THEROMETERS? OR TUBES. From CA of 11/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- CLEAR COLOURLESS GLASS INNER AND OUTER THERMOMETER TUBES/WHITE SCALE, METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Hypsometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0732.001/
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