Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/SURVEYING/PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0730.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILSON, WARDEN & CO.
- MODEL
- B
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 4288
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING/ SILVER METAL DIAL/ BEVELED GLASS FACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 5.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric pressure measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wilson
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
INSTRUMENT USED BY THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. COLLECTION WAS IN POSSESSION OF NRC SINCE 1930'S. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON AN ANEROID, A METAL CHAMBER PARTIALLY EVACUATED OF AIR, AT A GIVEN ALTITUDE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON DIAL: 'COMPENSATED/ B'; 'WILSON, WARDEN & CO./LONDON./ No 4288'
- Missing
- INDICATOR NEEDLE From CA of 11/09/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing indicator needle, aneroid cell, possibly others
- Finish
- BRUSHED BRASS CASING/ SILVER METAL DIAL; BLACK PAINT
- Decoration
- GRADUATED SCALES OF 0-7000 FT. AND 24-31 IN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON DIAL
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WILSON, WARDEN & CO., Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0730, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.0730.001/
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