Gauge, rain

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OBJECT TYPE: RECORDING/WEIGHING/MECHANICAL/FERGUSSON
DATE: 1961–1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0615.001

MANUFACTURER: Belfort Instruments Corp.
MODEL: 5-780
LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1476
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING AND WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Height: 90.0 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: Belfort
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Maryland
City: Baltimore

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: AN AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT, POSSIBLY OF VERY LIMITED USE IN CANADA. A CANADIAN WEIGHING PRECIPITATION RECORDER (TYPE Q12M) WAS DEVELOPED BY M.S.C. IN THE 1960'S FOR THE RECORDING OF ALL TYPES OF PRECIPITATION OVER PROLONGED PERIODS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT THAT COLLECTS, MEASURES, AND RECORDS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A WEIGHING OR BALANCE TYPE RAIN GAUGE, WHICH WEIGHS & RECORDS ANY FORMOF PRECIPITATION. THE OPEN TOP CONVEYS THE RAIN TO AN INNER VESSEL RESTING ON A PLATFORM CARRIED BY A SPRING BALANCE & A SYSTEM OF LEVERS & LINKS ACTS UPON A PEN ARM TO RECORD THE CUMULATIVE WEIGHT OF THE RAIN ON A CHART.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Decal on front reading 'THE/BELFORT/INSTRUMENTS CORP./4 N. CENTRAL AVE./BALTIMORE, 2 MARYLAND'/interior decal reading 'CATALOG NO. 5-780/SERIAL NO. 1476/CHART NO. 5-4046-B/INK NO. 10/PEN NO. 3-L-S'.
Missing: DRUM/ COLLECTING VESSEL From CA of 11/19/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED GREY CASING/ PLATED PARTS.
Decoration: N/A

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Belfort Instruments Corp., Gauge, rain, between 1961–1987, Artifact no. 1987.0615, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0615.001/

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