General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic with a metal mounting bracket.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

37.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

12.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Precipitation amount, rate & duration measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970's +

Canada

AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED & MADE BY OR FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. THIS IS A TYPE USED BY VOLUNTEER METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS WHO RECORD DATA ON PRECIPITATION & TEMPERATURE FOR AES.

Function

VESSEL WHICH COLLECTS RAIN INTO AN INTERNAL GRADUATE FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT.

Technical

THE SECONDTYPE OF M.S.C. NON-RECORDING RAIN GAUGE, AN ENTIRELY PLASTIC INSTRUMENT WITH A SINGLE GRADUATED INNER CONTAINER, DEVELOPED C. 1970. IT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THE STANDARD GAUGE & WAS DEVELOPED TO ELIMINATE LOSS OF DATA DUE TO OVERFLOW OF THE GAUGE DURING HEAVY RAINFALLS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Graduate marked 'Taylor Instrument Companies' in script and in printing 'CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION/ASHEVILLE, N.C., U.S.A. TORONTO, CANADA', and graduated.10 to 1.00.

Missing

From CA of 11/23/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

WHITE PLASTIC BUCKET/ CLEAR FUNNEL/ PLATED METAL/ CLEAR COLOURLESS GRADUATE.

Decoration

N/A