General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CANVAS CARRYING CASE/ METAL CUTTER TUBES, WEIGH SCALES, PARTS/ WOOD TOOL HANDLES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

78.6 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

5.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EXCO

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

IN 1961-1962 THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE BEGAN PRODUCING INSTRUMENTS FOR ITS NEWLY FORMED SNOW SURVEYING NETWORK. THE SNOW CUTTING TUBE AND REMOVAL TUBE ARE CANADIAN DESIGNED INSTRUMENTS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN SERVICE.

Function

CUTTER TUBES ARE USED TO CUT AND EXTRACT CORE OF SNOW FROM SNOW PACK; CALIBRATIONS ON TUBE ARE USED TO MEASURE SNOW DEPTH; TUBE IS THEN WEIGHED ON A SCALE TO DETERMINE WATER EQUIVALENT OF SNOW IT CONTAINS.

Technical

THESE ARTIFACTS REPRESENT MOST OF A M.S.C. MOUNT ROSE TYPE SNOW SAMPLING KIT, DEVISED BY M.S.C. TO SAMPLE SNOW IN AREAS IN WHICHSNOW DEPTH MAY EXCEED 40 INCHES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.2 Incised lettering on back of tubes reading 'EXCO', tubes marked for 1 to 30 & 31 to 60/.3 black incised lettering on scale back reading

Missing

KIT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN A WEIGHING CRADLE, A TURNING & DRIVING HANDLE, A SHOVEL, AND A NOTEBOOK. From CA of 12/16/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

GREEN CANVAS WITH BLACK TRIM/ METALLIC TUBES, SCALE, TOOL/ BLACK ENAMELLED PARTS

Decoration

N/A