Gauge, draft
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HUNDREDTHS INCHES
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0069.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bacharach Industrial Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- DRAFT-RITE
- LOCATION
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASE/.1 METAL AND GLASS/.2 &.3 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Environment control
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bacharach
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE PRESSURE, BOTH UPDRAFT AND DOWNDRAFT, OF FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT [REF 1] - Technical
-
USED TO SPOT CHECK DRAFT IN FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT WHERE EXTREME PORTABILITY IS IMPORTANT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED ON BACK: 'BACHARACH/ DRAFT TUBE/ CLOSE FOR/ ZERO CHECK/ PITTSBURGH 8, PA USA'/ MOLDED IN FRONT: draft/ -rite/ Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.'/ PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: 'DOWN DRAFT UP/ 8 4 +0- 4 8 12/ HUNDREDTHSINCHES WATER'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK CASE/ BODY OF GAUGE BLACK TEXTURED METAL; YELLOW DIAL FACE WITH BLACK PRINTING/ GREY PRINTING ON BACK/.2 &.3 UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- ON FRONT OF GAUGE DECORATIVE LOGO
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Bacharach Industrial Instrument Co., Gauge, draft, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1998.0069, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0069.001/
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