Gauge, rain
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-RECORDING/TIPPING BUCKET/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1961–1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0478.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOT Meteorological Branch, Instruments Div.
- MODEL
- B2
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 183
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL RAIN GAUGE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS PART
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 26.7 cm
- Height
- 62.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MSC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1961+
- Canada
-
AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & BUILT BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR USE AT ITS OBSERVATORIES. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT COLLECTS & MEASURES AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL - Technical
-
AN M.S.C. TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE, OF THE B-2 TYPE WHICH APPEARED C. 1961 & BY 1965 HAD REPLACED PRECEDING TYPES B & B-1 PREDECESSORS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED 'M.S.C./ B2-183' ON BAND/ LABEL READS 'GOVERNMENT OF CANADA/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ EX 678/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- COPPER COLOURED UPPER RECEIVER SECTION & INTERNAL VESSEL/ BRASS COLOURED TIPPING BUCKET MOUNT/ GREY PAINTED LOWER RECEIVER SECTION EXTERIOR/ PLATED, METALLIC, & GREY TIPPING BUCKET/ CLEAR &WHITE SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOT Meteorological Branch, Instruments Div., Gauge, rain, between 1961–1967, Artifact no. 1966.0478, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0478.001/
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