Psychrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SLING/RIGID HANDLE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- EDNEY SWING HYGROMETER
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING/ GLASS THERMOMETER WITH METALLIC BULB/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE/ WOOD BOX WITH LEATHER? INTERIOR.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.8 cm
- Width
- 5.4 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric humidity measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUGHES OWENS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920+
- Canada
-
REPRESENTATIVE OF SCIENTIFIC TOOLS USED TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, SPECIFICALLY MOISTURE OR HUMIDITY. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENT READINGS FROM TWO THERMOMETERS, ONE WITH A BULB KEPT WET AND VENTILATED. - Technical
-
A PORTABLE INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO FOLD INTO A COMPACT FORM AND BE CARRIED IN A BOX. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING READING ''EDNEY' SWING HYGROMETER' & 'THE HUGHES- OWENS CO. LTD./ OTTAWA/ CANADA'.
- Missing
- ONE THERMOMETER, ACCESSORIES. From CA of 12/08/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined - missing one thermometer
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED METAL/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS THERMOMETER WITHWHITE BACK/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BROWN STAINED AND VARNISHED BOX.
- Decoration
- N/A
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HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD., Psychrometer, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1989.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0007.001/
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