Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANEROID/IN/FT/SURVEYING/PORTABLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0740.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TYCOS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM (?) CASING/ METAL DIAL & WORKS/ NICKEL PLATING ON RING/ BEVELED GLASS FACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.8 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 3.6 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
- TAYLOR
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
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 FOR TEMPERATURE'; 'THE ONTARIO HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD./ OTTAWA'; 'TYCOS/ ROCHESTER, N.Y.'/ '3581' INCISED BY HAND ON TOP CENTRE OF CASING/ 'G.S.C./ 433' INCISED BY HAND ON BACK CASING
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT From CA of 11/09/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing coil spring that attaches to pin that needle mounts on
- Finish
- BRUSHED FINISH ON CASING/ SILVER METAL FACE/ BLUED METAL NEEDLE
- Decoration
- GRADUATEDSCALES OF 0-10,000 FT. & 21.5-31 IN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON DIAL
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TYCOS, Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0740, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.0740.001/
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