Soil testing instrument
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- OBJECT TYPE
- pressure
- DATE
- 1970–2000
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0432.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal; paint.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 28.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral exploration
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- Used between the 1970s and 1990s.
- Canada
-
This artifact was used at the Imperial Oil geophysics laboratory. - Function
-
This soil testing instrument was used to test the behavior of a soil sample under pressure. - Technical
-
This artifact was used in the field of petrology to test the behavior of soil under varying pressure. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings.
- Missing
- The artifact appears complete.
- Finish
- Black and silver coloured metal.
- Decoration
- No decoration.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Soil testing instrument, between 1970–2000, Artifact no. 2014.0432, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2014.0432.001/
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